Evaluation and validation of an accurate mass screening method for the analysis of pesticides in fruits and vegetables using liquid chromatography-quadrupole-time of flight-mass spectrometry with automated detection

Journal of Chromatography A

Volumn 1373, Issue , 2014, Pages 40-50

  López, Mónica García ^a   Fussell, Richard J ^a   Stead, Sara L ^b   Roberts, Dominic ^b   McCullagh, Mike ^b   Rao, Ramesh ^b  

^a FOOD AND ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^b WATERS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Fruits and vegetables; LC HRMS; Pesticides; QuEChERS; Screening; Validation

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; DATA HANDLING; FRUITS; INFORMATION FILTERING; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PESTICIDES; SCREENING; VEGETABLES;

ACQUISITION PARAMETERS; FRUITS AND VEGETABLES; LC-HRMS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY-QUADRUPOLE TIME-OF-FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRIES; MULTI RESIDUE SCREENING METHOD; QUECHERS; ULTRA PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY QUADRUPOLE TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRIES; VALIDATION;

QUALITY CONTROL;

PESTICIDE; PESTICIDE RESIDUE;

ARTICLE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD ANALYSIS; FRUIT; LEEK; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MASS SCREENING; ONION; QUALITY CONTROL; ULTRA PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY QUADRUPOLE TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; VALIDATION STUDY; VEGETABLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LABORATORY AUTOMATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PROCEDURES;

ALLIUM CEPA; ALLIUM PORRUM;

AUTOMATION, LABORATORY; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FRUIT; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PESTICIDE RESIDUES; SOFTWARE; VEGETABLES;

EID: 84919349021     PISSN: 00219673     EISSN: 18733778     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2014.10.099     Document Type: Article

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