title: Simplified method for the determination of organochlorine pesticides in honey.
abstract: A method is described for the detection and quantitative determination of organochlorine pesticides in honey. After extraction with hexane, the pesticides were cleaned-up by adsorption chromatography on a Florisil Sep-Pak cartridge and eluted with 15% diethyl ether in hexane. The detection of organochlorine pesticides was performed by capillary gas chromatography with electron-capture detection. The quantification limit obtained for different pesticides ranged from 0.56 to 2.78 micrograms kg-1 and recoveries from fortified honey samples averaged 89.6%.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Química Analítica, Nutrición y Bromatología, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Fernández Muíño
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Simal Lozano
mesh_terms: D002849:Chromatography, Gas; D006722:Honey / Q000032:analysis*; D006843:Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated; D007306:Insecticides / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D006843:Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated; D007306:Insecticides