Multi-residue analysis of pesticides in traditional Chinese medicines using gas chromatography-negative chemical ionisation tandem mass spectrometry

Food Additives and Contaminants - Part A Chemistry, Analysis, Control, Exposure and Risk Assessment

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1287-1300

  Nie, Jing ^a,b   Miao, Shui ^b   Lehotay, Steven J ^c   Li, Wen Ting ^b   Zhou, Heng ^b   Mao, Xiu Hong ^b   Lu, Ji Wei ^b   Lan, Lan ^b   Ji, Shen ^a,b  

^a SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI INSTITUTE FOR FOOD AND DRUG CONTROL   (China)

^c EASTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

GC MS MS; negative chemical ionisation; pesticide residue analysis; QuEChERS sample preparation; traditional Chinese medicines

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CARBON; CARBON BLACK; CHROMATOGRAPHY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; IONIZATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEDICINE; PESTICIDES;

ELECTRON WITHDRAWING GROUP; GC-MS/MS; PESTICIDE RESIDUE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELATIVE STANDARD DEVIATIONS; SAMPLE PREPARATION; SIMULTANEOUS DETERMINATIONS; TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS;

BROMOPROPYLATE; CARBAMIC ACID; CARBAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; DIPHENYL ETHER; FUNGICIDE; HERBICIDE; PESTICIDE RESIDUE; PYRETHROID; HERBACEOUS AGENT;

ACCURACY; ADSORPTION; ANGELICA DAHURICA; ANGELICA SINENSIS; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CHINESE MEDICINE; COLORIMETRY; DILUTION; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEONURUS; LEONURUS HETEROPHYLLUS; LONICERA JAPONICA; NONHUMAN; POGOSTEMON CABLIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESIDUE ANALYSIS; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; WATER CONTENT; CHEMISTRY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANGELICA SINENSIS; LEONURUS JAPONICUS; LONICERA JAPONICA; POGOSTEMON CABLIN;

DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; PESTICIDE RESIDUES; PYRETHRINS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84938416513     PISSN: 19440049     EISSN: 19440057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19440049.2015.1055340     Document Type: Article

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