Use of ammonium formate in QuEChERS for high-throughput analysis of pesticides in food by fast, low-pressure gas chromatography and liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry

Journal of Chromatography A

Volumn 1358, Issue , 2014, Pages 75-84

  González Curbelo, Miguel Ángel ^a,b   Lehotay, Steven J ^a   Hernández Borges, Javier ^b   Rodríguez Delgado, Miguel Ángel ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ammonium formate buffering; High throughput analysis; Pesticide residue monitoring; QuEChERS; Sample preparation

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; EXTRACTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PESTICIDES; PHASE SEPARATION;

AMMONIUM FORMATE; HIGH-THROUGHPUT ANALYSIS; PESTICIDE RESIDUE; QUECHERS; SAMPLE PREPARATION;

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION;

ACETIC ACID; ACETONITRILE; AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; AMMONIUM FORMATE; FORMIC ACID; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; PESTICIDE;

APPLE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EXTRACTION; FAST LOW PRESSURE GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; FOOD; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LEMON; LETTUCE; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; WHEAT;

CITRUS LIMON; LACTUCA; MALUS X DOMESTICA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

AMMONIUM FORMATE BUFFERING; HIGH-THROUGHPUT ANALYSIS; PESTICIDE RESIDUE MONITORING; QUECHERS; SAMPLE PREPARATION;

BUFFERS; CEREALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; CITRUS; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FORMATES; FRUIT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; INSECTICIDES; LETTUCE; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MACROLIDES; MALUS; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; PESTICIDE RESIDUES; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; SULFONYLUREA COMPOUNDS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; THIAZOLES; THIOPHENES; TRIAZINES; TRITICUM;

EID: 84905756768     PISSN: 00219673     EISSN: 18733778     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2014.06.104     Document Type: Article

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