A quick, easy, cheap, effective, rugged, and safe method for the simultaneous detection of four triazolone herbicides in cereals combined with ultrahigh performance liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry

A reversed-phase simultaneous determination method for the enantiomers of carfentrazone-ethyl and its metabolite carfentrazone in agricultural and environmental samples was established using high-performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. A complete enantioseparation of carfentrazone-ethyl and its chiral metabolite carfentrazone enantiomers was obtained using a chiral column. The absolute configuration and specific optical rotation of carfentrazone-ethyl and carfentrazone enantiomers were first confirmed as peaks 1, 2, 3, and 4: S-(+)-carfentrazone, R-(-)-carfentrazone, S-(-)-carfentrazone-ethyl, and R-(+)-carfentrazone-ethyl, respectively. The specificity, matrix effect, linearity, precision, accuracy, and stability were surveyed to evaluate the feasibility of the method. The mean recovery was in the range of 77.5-102.8% with relative standard deviations of 0.4-9.8% for the samples. The limits of detection of the enantiomers were evaluated as 0.7 to 6.0 μg/kg, and the limits of quantification were 2.5 to 20 μg/kg. The stereoselective degradation of carfentrazone-ethyl and carfentrazone in rice plant was investigated, and there was no clear enantioselectivity for carfentrazone-ethyl. As for carfentrazone, the enantiomer fractions value reached 0.85 at 7 days after spraying. The developed method was simple and reliable enough for the corresponding risk assessment of carfentrazone-ethyl and its metabolite enantiomers in crop plants, cereal grains, and soil samples.

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confidence: 99%

Simultaneous determination of enantiomers of carfentrazone‐ethyl and its metabolite in eight matrices using high‐performance liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry

Duan

Shen

et al. 2018

“…QuEChERS greatly simplifies the sample pretreatment procedure and reduces total analysis time. From previous literature, acceptable precision and accuracy were generally obtained . Belemguer et al.…”

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confidence: 76%

Determination of nicotine and its metabolites accumulated in fish tissue using hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography coupled with tandem mass spectrometry

Chang

Nguyen

Chang

et al. 2015

The determination of nicotine and its major metabolites (cotinine and anabasine) in fish tissue was performed using liquid chromatography and tandem mass spectrometry. Marine and freshwater fish were purchased from local grocery stores and were prepared based on a quick, easy, cheap, effective, rugged, and safe sample preparation protocol. To determine the highly polar compounds, hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography was also used. There were modest suppressions on measured nicotine signals (10%) due to the matrix effects from marine fish but no obvious effects on freshwater fish signals. Method validation was incorporated with internal standards and carried out with matrix-matched calibration. The detection limits for nicotine, cotinine, and anabasine were 9.4, 3.0, and 1.5 ng/g in fish, respectively. Precision was quite acceptable returning less than 8% RSD at low, medium, and high concentrations. Acceptable and reproducible extraction recoveries (70-120%) of all three compounds were achieved, except for anabasine at low concentration (61%). The method was then applied to define nicotine bioaccumulation in a fathead minnow model, which resulted in rapid uptake with steady state internal tissue levels, reached within 12 h. This developed method offers a fast, easy, and sensitive way to evaluate nicotine and its metabolite residues in fish tissues.

“…In this study, the Waters Acquity UPLC BEH C18 column (2.1 × 50 mm, 1.7 μm particle size) was first selected. In the positive ESI mode, the use of an acidic mobile phase is conducive to protonate the target compound and can improve the response and peak shape . Therefore, we compared water to 0.2% v/v FA aqueous solution for the aqueous phase, and found that the 0.2% v/v FA aqueous solution was better than water for improving response.…”

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confidence: 99%

Simultaneous determination of broflanilide and its metabolites in five typical Chinese soils by a modified quick, easy, cheap, effective, rugged, and safe method with ultra high performance liquid chromatography and tandem mass spectrometry

Dong

et al. 2018

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An efficient and sensitive analytical method for simultaneous determination of trace amounts of a new insecticide broflanilide and its metabolites (S(PFH‐OH)‐8007 and DM‐8007) residues in five typical Chinese soils (red soil, black soil, fluvo‐aquic soil, cinnamon soil and paddy soil) was developed. The samples were prepared by a modified quick, easy, cheap, effective, rugged, and safe method. The determination of broflanilide and its metabolites was conducted by ultra high performance liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry with an electrospray ionization source in the positive ion mode. This is the first report for the determination of broflanilide and its metabolites in different soils. Broflanilide and its metabolites were extracted from all soils with acetonitrile and purified by a mixture of primary secondary amine and graphitized carbon black. The average recoveries of the three compounds in five types of soil ranged from 85.3 to 111.8% and the relative standard deviations were less than 13.6%. The limit of quantification was 0.1 μg/kg for all three compounds. This method was successfully used to determine broflanilide and its metabolites in five types of soil. The method was validated to be simple and effective for the determination of trace residual broflanilide and its metabolites in five types of soil.