Abstract
Ambient mass spectrometry has been used for the analysis of strobilurin residues in wheat. The use of this novel, challenging technique, employing a direct analysis in a real time (DART) ion-source coupled with a time-of-flight mass spectrometer (TOF MS) and a desorption electrospray ionization (DESI) source coupled with a linear ion trap tandem MS (LIT MSn), permitted a direct screen of the occurrence of target fungicides in treated grains in less than 1 min. For quantification purpose by DART-TOF MS, an ethyl acetate extract had to be prepared. With the use of a prochloraz as an internal standard, the performance characteristics obtained by repeated analyses of extract, spiked at 50 ¿g kg¿1 with six strobilurins (azoxystrobin, picoxystrobin, dimoxystrobin, kresoxim-methyl, pyraclostrobin, and trifloxystrobin), were in the following range: recoveries 78¿92%, repeatability (RSD) 8¿15%, linearity (R2) 0.9900¿0.9978. The analysis of wheat with incurred strobilurin residues demonstrated good trueness of data generated by the DART-TOF MS method; the results were in a good agreement with those obtained by the conventional approach, i.e., by the QuEChERS sample handling procedure followed by identification/quantification employing high-performance liquid chromatography coupled with tandem mass spectrometry (LC¿MS/MS). Tandem mass spectrometry using DESI-LIT MSn provided a sufficient number of product ions for confirmation of the identity of azoxystrobin and pyraclostrobin in incurred wheat samples.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 9567-9575 |
Journal | Analytical Chemistry |
Volume | 80 |
Issue number | 24 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2008 |
Keywords
- liquid-chromatography
- pesticide-residues
- ambient conditions
- food
- azoxystrobin
- vegetables
- matrices
- fruits
- methyl
- dart