Cajka T, Riddellova K, Zomer P, Mol H, Hajslova J.
Food Addit Contam Part A Chem Anal Control Expo Risk Assess. 2011 Oct;28(10):1372-82.
Dithiocarbamates (DTCs) are fungicides that require a specific single-residue method for detection and verification of compliance with maximum residue limits (MRLs) as established for fruit and vegetables in the EU. In this study, the use of ambient mass spectrometry was investigated for specific determination of individual DTCs (thiram, ziram) in fruit. Two complementary approaches have been investigated for their rapid analysis:
(i) direct analysis in real time (DART) combined with medium-high resolution/accurate mass time-of-flight mass spectrometry (TOFMS) and high-resolution/accurate mass Orbitrap MS, and (ii) desorption electrospray
ionization (DESI) combined with tandem-in-time mass spectrometry (MS2). With both techniques, thiram deposited on a glass surface (DART) or Teflon (DESI) could be directly detected. With DART, this was also possible for ziram. Before the instrumental analysis of fruit matrix, an extract had to be prepared following
a straightforward procedure. The raw extracts were deposited on a slide (DESI), or rods were dipped into the
extracts (DART), after which thiram and ziram could be rapidly detected (typically 10 samples in a few minutes). In the case of thiram, the lowest calibration levels were 1mg/kg (DART–TOFMS, DESI–MS2) and 0.1 mg/kg (DART–Orbitrap MS). For ziram, the achieved lowest calibration levels were 0.5 mg/kg
(DART–TOFMS) and 1mg/kg (DART–Orbitrap MS). In all cases, this was sufficiently low to test samples against EU-MRLs for a number of fruit crops. Using an internal standard, (semi)quantitative results could be obtained.
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/19440049.2011.590456Department of Food Chemistry and Analysis, Faculty of Food and Biochemical Technology, Institute of Chemical Technology Prague, Prague, Czech Republic.
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