Analysis of phenoxyl-type N-methylcarbamate pesticide residues in vegetables by capillary zone electrophoresis with pre-column hydrolysis and amperometric detection

Journal of Chromatographic Science
Xucong LinZenghong Xie

Abstract

With systematic studies of pre-column thermalhydrolysis, a method is described for the determination of fivephenoxyl-type N-methylcarbamates (NMCs) (viz., propoxur, carbofuran, 3-hydroxy-carbofuran, carbaryl, and bendiocarb) in vegetables by capillary zone electrophoresis with amperometric detection. Effects of hydrolysis parameters such as alkali medium, temperature, and hydrolysis time, as well as separation conditions, are investigated. Under the optimum conditions, baseline separation of five hydrolysates is achieved within 16 min. Good calibration curves of propoxur, carbofuran, 3-hydroxy-carbofuran, carbaryl, and bendiocarb are obtained from 1.20x10(-7) to 5.00x10(-5) mol/L, and their detection limits (S/N=3) are 1.80x10(-8), 1.50x10(-8), 1.80x10(-8), 2.50x10(-8), and 1.80x10(-8) mol/L, respectively, which is approximately 20 approximately 50-fold more sensitive than those previously reported with a UV method. In the application of vegetable samples, the five NMCs are well determined. Average recoveries of 75 approximately 89% and 86 approximately 100% at fortified levels of 0.05 and 0.80 mg/kg are achieved with relative standard deviations of 2 approximately 6%, respectively. The method is sensitive, reproducible, and pr...Continue Reading

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