[Determination of ten pesticides of pyrazoles and pyrroles in tea by accelerated solvent extraction coupled with gas chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry].

ABSTRACT

An effective method was developed and applied to determine the residues of ten pesticides of pyrazoles and pyrroles in tea by accelerated solvent extraction coupled with gas chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (ASE-GC-MS/MS). The samples were extracted with ethyl acetate-hexane (11, v/v) for 5 min at 1.03 x 10(7) Pa and 100 degree C for one cycle. Then, they were purified by Envi-Carb/PSA column, and eluted by ethyl acetate-hexane (11, v/v). The analytes were determined by GC-MS/MS and quantified by external standard method. The limits of quantification were 0.003 mg/kg for fenpyroximate, 0.001 mg/kg for fipronil-sulfide, 0.002 mg/kg for fipronil, 0.005 mg/kg for fipronil-sulfone, 0.002 mg/kg for chlorfenapyr, 0.006 mg/kg for flusilazole, 0.001 mg/kg for difenzoquat, 0.001 mg/kg for pyraflufen-ethyl, 0.000 3 mg/kg for tebufenpyrad and 0.005 mg/kg for tolfenpyrad. The results show that the proposed method is sensitive and accurate for the determination of the ten pesticide residues.