title: [Identification of chemical detected in kiwi fruit during analysis for residual pesticide].
abstract: An unknown peak was detected in a GC chromatogram of many kiwi fruit extracts during analysis for pesticide residues. It was identified by GC/MS as diphenyl 2-ethylhexyl phosphate (DPEHP), used as a plasticizer and flame retardant. The concentration of DPEHP was investigated in 15 samples of kiwi fruit, and it was detected at between 0.02 and 0.14 microgram/g in 10 of the samples. It might be due to migration of DPEHP into the fruit from the printed portion of the polyethylene terephthalate (PET) package.
authors.affiliation: Tokyo Metropolitan Research Laboratory of Public Health: 3-24-1, Hyakunin-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 169-0073, Japan.
authors.forename: Yasuhiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tamura
authors.forename: Toshihiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nagayama
authors.forename: Ichiro
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Takano
authors.forename: Maki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: Sanae
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tomizawa
authors.forename: Yukinari
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tateishi
authors.forename: Naoko
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kimura
authors.forename: Kyoko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kitayama
authors.forename: Kazuo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Saito
mesh_terms: D029042:Actinidia; D005638:Fruit / Q000737:chemistry*; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry / Q000379:methods*; D010573:Pesticide Residues / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D010573:Pesticide Residues