title: Development of automated headspace gas chromatography determination of dithiocarbamates in plant matrixes.
abstract: The determination of dithiocarbamates in plant matrixes is generally carried out by spectrophotometric (European Norm EN 12396-1, 1996) or gas chromatography headspace (European Norm EN 12396-2, 1999) methods. However, the former method presents a risk of carbon disulfide loss during hydrolysis and distillation and its sensitivity is low, whereas the latter method is time-consuming. In comparison to these European methods and in compliance with norm V03-110, we have developed an automated gas chromatography headspace method. This method offers a good level of accuracy and precision and is specific to the compound determined (CS(2)). The limit of detection is below 0.020 mg/kg and the limit of quantification is below 0.050 mg/kg. Moreover, the recovery rates are between 85 and 103% with RSD less than 20%. The automated headspace method has several advantages when compared to the spectrophotometric and manual headspace methods, including the reduction of reagents employed for extraction and a greater number of analyses achievable per day than the other methods (approximately 40 samples of food).
authors.affiliation: Groupement Interregional de Recherche sur les Produits Agropharmaceutiques, Angers Technopole, 8, rue H. Becquerel, 49070 Beaucouzé, France.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Royer
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ménand
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Grimault
authors.forename: P Y
authors.initials: PY
authors.lastname: Communal
mesh_terms: D002849:Chromatography, Gas / Q000379:methods*; D010944:Plants / Q000737:chemistry*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013859:Thiocarbamates / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D013859:Thiocarbamates