Analysis of pesticide residues in fruits and vegetables using QuEChERS sample preparation method and gas chromatography with electron capture detection

Jolanta Stocka; Marek Biziuk

Analysis of pesticide residues in fruits and vegetables using QuEChERS sample preparation method and gas chromatography with electron capture detection

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Pesticides are a numerous and diverse group of chemical compounds. They are some of the most toxic substances contaminating the environment, which are used to eliminate pests in agriculture and the household. Despite considerable progress in the development of methods for preparing samples for analysis and for the final determination of analytes, the analysis of pesticides in biological samples continues to present challenges to analysts. A number of problems crop up in the analysis of pesticide residues: one is the complexity and diversity of matrices in biological materials; another is the low concentration of pesticide in samples of fruit and vegetables. Approaches are being sought to develop pesticide determination techniques that are quick, simple, cheap, effective and safe. QuEChERS (Quick, Easy, Cheap, Effective, Rugged and Safe) is one such method. QuEChERS sample preparation was used for the determination of pesticides residues in samples of fruits and vegetables

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Category:: Conference activity
Type:: publikacja w wydawnictwie zbiorowym recenzowanym (także w materiałach konferencyjnych)
Title of issue:: Proceedings of the 9th International Students Conference : "Modern Analytical Chemistry" strony 123 - 125
Language:: English
Publication year:: 2013
Bibliographic description:: Stocka J., Biziuk M.: Analysis of pesticide residues in fruits and vegetables using QuEChERS sample preparation method and gas chromatography with electron capture detection// Proceedings of the 9th International Students Conference : "Modern Analytical Chemistry"/ ed. K. Nesmerak Praga: Chrles University in Prague, 2013, s.123-125
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