Evaluation of QuEChERS method for the determination of organochlorine pesticide residues in selected groups of fruits

Food Chemistry

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 773-778

  Cieślik, Ewa ^a   Sadowska Rociek, Anna ^a   Ruiz, Juan Manuel Molina ^a   Surma Zadora, Magdalena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE IN KRAKOW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Food; Fruits; GC MS; Pesticides; QuEChERS

Indexed keywords

BABY FOOD SAMPLES; CALIBRATION CURVES; FOOD; FRUIT SPECIES; GC-MS; GC-MS ANALYSIS; LIMIT OF QUANTIFICATIONS; MATRIX; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE RESIDUES; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES; PESTICIDE RESIDUE; QUECHERS; RECOVERY RATE; TARGET ANALYTES;

FRUITS; PESTICIDES;

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; 1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; ALDRIN; ALPHA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; DELTA LINDANE; DIELDRIN; ENDRIN; ENDRIN ALDEHYDE; HEPTACHLOR; LINDANE; METHOXYCHLOR; MIREX; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; EXTRACTION; FRUIT; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY;

EID: 78049425251     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2010.09.019     Document Type: Article

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