Determining nine fasciolicides and three metabolite residues in milk and infant formula using solid-phase extraction and liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry.

A new sensitive method of liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) analysis for nine fasciolicides (closantel, rafoxanide, oxyclozanide, niclosamide, nitroxinil, ioxynil, 4-nitro-3-(trifluoromethyl)phenol, salicylanilide, and triclabendazole) and three metabolite residues (ketotriclabnedazole, triclabendazole sulfone, and triclabendazole sulfoxide) in milk and infant formula was established. The samples were extracted and purified through solid-phase extraction and analyzed using LC-MS/MS. The proposed method demonstrated high accuracy (the average recoveries ranged from 70.5 % to 107.4 %) and high sensitivity (the limits of quantification ranged from 1.0 to 25.0 µg/kg). This method was successfully applied to determine nine fasciolicides and three metabolite residues in 45 milk and infant formula, providing technical support for the safety and quality evaluation of dairy products.

Research method of rapid determination of chiral pesticide fenpropathrin enantiomers in fruit and vegetable puree by supercritical fluid chromatography.

A method is first established for the separation and determination of fenpropathrin enantiomer residues in apple puree, strawberry puree, and tomato puree considered a supplementary food for infants by supercritical fluid chromatography. After the sample was extracted with acetonitrile and cleaned up by a solid-phase extraction column, then it was separated by a CHIRALPAK AD-3 chiral column with gradient elution at a flow rate of 1.5 mL/min using methanol and supercritical carbon dioxide as the mobile phase, detected by ultraviolet detector at 230 nm wavelength and quantified with the external standard method. The limits of quantification of the two fenpropathrin enantiomers were both 0.2 mg/kg, the linear ranges were 1.0-20.0 mg/L with linear correlation coefficients greater than 0.9992, the recoveries in the spiked samples at 0.2, 0.4 and 2.0 mg/kg were from 80.6 to 105%, and the relative standard deviation reached 2.6-7.7%. This method has the advantages of convenient operation, good resolution, and environmental protection, which can satisfy the requirement of determination for fenpropathrin enantiomer residues in fruit and vegetable puree as supplementary food for infants.

[Chiral separation of six triazole pesticide enantiomers by ultra-performance convergence chromatography and residue determination in cucumber].

The separation of six triazole pesticide enantiomers (TPEs) by ultra-performance convergence chromatography (UPC2) was attempted, and residue analytical methods for these TPEs in cucumber were established. The triazole pesticides were triadimefon, triadimenol, hexaconazole, tebuconazole, bitertanol, and myclobutanil. The sample was extracted with acetonitrile and cleaned up using graphitized carbon black (GCB), a Florisil-phase extraction column, and the QuEChERS method. The treated extract was separated on an Acquity Terifoil AMY1 chromatographic column, with gradient elution using a mixture of supercritical CO2 and methanol or ethanol-isopropanol as the mobile phase. The residues of the six TPEs were quantified by the external standard method. The limits of quantitation (S/N>10) of these TPEs in cucumber were 0.1 mg/kg. The recoveries of the TPEs in cucumber at three spiked levels of 0.1, 0.2, and 0.5 mg/kg ranged from 65.1% to 116% with relative standard deviations (RSDs) of 1.0%-9.6%. The developed method facilitated the enantioseparation of the six TPEs and the accurate estimation of their residues in the cucumber matrix. This method is expected to play an important role in the production and utilization of chiral pesticides, as well as the establishment of relevant laws and regulations.