title: Analysis of nicotinoid insecticides residues in honey by solid matrix partition clean-up and liquid chromatography-electrospray mass spectrometry.
abstract: An analytical method for the routine simultaneous determination of four nicotinoid insecticides (acetamiprid, imidacloprid, thiacloprid and thiamethoxam) in commercial multifloral honey was developed. Fortified honey samples, dissolved in water, were cleaned up through Extrelut NT20 column and, finally, insecticides were eluted with dichloromethane. The eluate was evaporated, the residue redissolved in methanol and then analyzed by LC-ESI(+)-MS. Average recoveries of the four analytes were in the range of 76% and 99% at both spiking levels 0.1 and 1.0 mg kg(-1). Relative standard deviations (RSDs) were less than 10% for all of the recovery tests. The detection limits (LODs) of the method ranged from 0.01 to 0.1 mg kg(-1) for the different insecticides studied. The developed method is linear over the range assayed, 0.5-5.0 microg mL(-1), with linear correlation coefficients higher than 0.9993.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Chimica Farmaceutica e Tossicologica, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Via D. Montesano 49, 80131 Napoli, Italy.
authors.forename: Paola
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Fidente
authors.forename: Serenella
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Seccia
authors.forename: Fabiana
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Vanni
authors.forename: Patrizia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Morrica
mesh_terms: D006722:Honey / Q000032:analysis*; D009538:Nicotine / Q000032:analysis*; D010573:Pesticide Residues / Q000032:analysis*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D021241:Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D010573:Pesticide Residues; D009538:Nicotine