title: Automated capillary gas chromatographic analysis of pesticide residues in food.
abstract: A method for multiresidue pesticide analysis in food is described. After a conventional clean-up, gas chromatographic analysis is performed in a gas chromatograph equipped with two fused-silica capillary columns coated with methylsilicone SP 2100 and methylphenylsilicone OV-17. The effluent from each column is split to electron-capture and nitrogen-phosphorus detectors, which are connected to a dual channel integrator. Therefore, from each gas chromatographic run parallel records of signals from the two detectors are obtained. Calibration of the system is carried out for the SP 2100 column with three test mixtures covering all pesticides. Additionally, four internal standards are included, two responding to the electron-capture detector and the other two to the nitrogen-phosphorus detector. Automated analysis is performed with test mixtures and food samples on the SP 2100 column overnight as a screening procedure. After selection of positive samples a confirmatory test and quantitation are carried out manually applying appropriate test mixtures according to the results of the screening runs.
mesh_terms: D002849:Chromatography, Gas / Q000379:methods*; D005506:Food Contamination; D005638:Fruit / Q000032:analysis; D006843:Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated; D007306:Insecticides / Q000032:analysis; D009943:Organophosphorus Compounds; D010575:Pesticides / Q000032:analysis*; D012015:Reference Standards; D014675:Vegetables / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D006843:Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated; D007306:Insecticides; D009943:Organophosphorus Compounds; D010575:Pesticides