Jian Wang, Willis Chow, James Chang, Jon W. Wong
J Agric Food Chem. 2017 Jan 18;65(2):473-493. doi: 10.1021/acs.jafc.6b05034. Epub 2017 Jan 5.
A semiautomated qualitative method for target screening of 448 pesticide residues in fruits and vegetables was developed and validated using ultrahigh-performance liquid chromatography coupled with electrospray ionization quadrupole Orbitrap high-resolution mass spectrometry (UHPLC/ESI Q-Orbitrap). The Q-Orbitrap Full MS/dd-MS2 (data dependent acquisition) was used to acquire product-ion spectra of individual pesticides to build a compound database or an MS library, while its Full MS/DIA (data independent acquisition) was utilized for sample data acquisition from fruit and vegetable matrices
fortified with pesticides at 10 and 100 μg/kg for target screening purpose. Accurate mass, retention time and response threshold were three key parameters in a compound database that were used to detect incurred pesticide residues in samples. The concepts and practical aspects of in-spectrum mass correction or solvent background lock-mass correction, retention time alignment and response threshold adjustment are discussed while building a functional and working compound database for target screening.
The validated target screening method is capable of screening at least 94% and 99% of 448 pesticides at 10 and 100 μg/kg,
respectively, in fruits and vegetables without having to evaluate every compound manually during data processing, which
significantly reduced the workload in routine practice.
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