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Multiresidue Analysis of Pesticides in Soil by Gas Chromatography with Nitrogen−Phosphorus Detection and Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry

2005; American Chemical Society; Volume: 53; Issue: 20 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1021/jf051327s

1520-5118

José Fenoll, Pilar Hellín, Cristóbal Marín, Carmen María Lacasa Martínez, Pilar Flores,

Analytical chemistry methods development

A rapid multiresidue method for the simultaneous determination of 25 fungicides and insecticides in soil was developed. Soil samples are extracted by sonication with a water-acetonitrile mixture, and the pesticides are partitioned into dichloromethane. Final determination was made by gas chromatography (GC) with nitrogen-phosphorus detection (NPD). Confirmation analysis of pesticides was carried out by GC-MS in the selected ion monitoring (SIM) mode. The identification of compounds was based on retention time and on comparison of the primary and secondary ions. The average recovery by the GC-NPD method obtained for these compounds varied from 68.5% to 112.1% with a relative standard deviation between 1.8% and 6.2%. The GC-NPD method presents good linearity over the range assayed 50-2000 microg/L, and the detection limit for the pesticides studied varied from 0.1 to 10.4 microg/kg. The proposed method was used to determine pesticide levels in soil samples from experimental greenhouse pepper cultivation.