Validation of Two Variations of the QuEChERS Method for the Determination of Multiclass Pesticide Residues in Cereal-Based Infant Foods by LC-MS/MS

Food Analytical Methods

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 664-683

  Anagnostopoulos, Chris J ^a   Aplada Sarli, Pipina ^a   Liapis, Konstantinos ^a   Haroutounian, Serko A ^b   Miliadis, George E ^a  

^a BENAKI PHYTOPATHOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Greece)

^b AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cereal based infant foods; LC MS MS; Pesticide residues; QuEChERS; Validation

Indexed keywords

INFANT FOOD; LC-MS-MS; PESTICIDE RESIDUE; QUECHERS; VALIDATION;

BIOMOLECULES; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLITES; PESTICIDES;

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION;

EID: 84862645806     PISSN: 19369751     EISSN: 1936976X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12161-011-9296-z     Document Type: Article

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