Collaborative validation of the QuEChERS procedure for the determination of pesticides in food by LC-MS/MS

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 59, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 6383-6411

  Sack, Chris ^a   Smoker, Michael ^a   Chamkasem, Narong ^a   Thompson, Richard ^a   Satterfield, Greg ^a   Masse, Claude ^a   Mercer, Greg ^a   Neuhaus, Barbara ^a   Cassias, Irene ^a   Chang, Eugene ^a   Lin, Yi ^a   Macmahon, Shaun ^a   Wong, Jon ^a   Zhang, Kai ^a   Smith, Robert E ^a  

^a CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

HPLC; LC MS MS; pesticides; QuEChERS

Indexed keywords

DETECTION LEVELS; DETERMINATION COEFFICIENTS; FALSE POSITIVE; HPLC; IN-CONTROL; LC-MS/MS; LIMITS OF DETECTION; MATRIX; MATRIX EFFECTS; QUECHERS; SUPPRESSING EFFECTS;

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS; PESTICIDES;

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION;

PESTICIDE RESIDUE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FRUIT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; VALIDATION STUDY; VEGETABLE;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FRUIT; PESTICIDE RESIDUES; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; VEGETABLES;

CITRUS; DAUCUS CAROTA; SPINACIA OLERACEA;

EID: 79959249759     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: 15205118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf201618q     Document Type: Article

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