Abstract:
Objectives A GC-MS/MS method for the quantitative determination of 5 insecticide residues in tea was developed.
Methods The samples were extracted by acetonitrile and purified by the Quick Easy Cheep Effective Ruqqed and Safe (QuEchE-RS) method. The pooled evaluate was qualitatively and quantitatively determined by tandem mass spectrometry under multi-reaction monitoring (MRM) mode.
Results Under the optimum conditions, the limit of detection (LOD) was in the ranges of (0.02~0.1)μg/kg (S/N=3) with a standard deviation of 1.2%~5.8%, and the recoveries were 74.3%~111.2%.
Conclusions This method simplifies the pretreatment operation, shortens analysis time and provides good selectivity and high sensitivity for the determination of insecticide residues in teas.