Quantitative analysis of triazine herbicides in environmental samples by using high performance liquid chromatography and diode array detection combined with second-order calibration based on an alternating penalty trilinear decomposition algorithm.
A novel application of second-order calibration method based on an alternating penalty trilinear decomposition (APTLD) algorithm is presented to treat the data from high performance liquid chromatography-diode array detection (HPLC-DAD). The method makes it possible to accurately and reliably analyze atrazine (ATR), ametryn (AME) and prometryne (PRO) contents in soil, river sediment and wastewater samples. Satisfactory results are obtained although the elution and spectral profiles of the analytes are heavily overlapped with the background in environmental samples. The obtained average recoveries for ATR, AME and PRO are 99.7±1.5, 98.4±4.7 and 97.0±4.4% in soil samples, 100.1±3.2, 100.7±3.4 and 96.4±3.8% in river sediment samples, and 100.1±3.5, 101.8±4.2 and 101.4±3.6% in wastewater samples, respectively. Furthermore, the accuracy and precision of the proposed method are evaluated with the elliptical joint confidence region (EJCR) test. It lights a new avenue to determine quantitatively herbicides in environmental samples with a simple pretreatment procedure and provides the scientific basis for an improved environment management through a better understanding of the wastewater-soil-river sediment system as a whole.
Li
Yuan-Na
YN
State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan 410082, PR China.
Wu
Hai-Long
HL
Qing
Xiang-Dong
XD
Li
Quan
Q
Li
Shu-Fang
SF
Fu
Hai-Yan
HY
Yu
Yong-Jie
YJ
Yu
Ru-Qin
RQ
D000465:Algorithms; D002138:Calibration; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D019015:Geologic Sediments / Q000737:chemistry; D006540:Herbicides / Q000032:analysis* / Q000592:standards; D011400:Prometryne / Q000032:analysis / Q000592:standards; D012987:Soil / Q000737:chemistry; D014227:Triazines / Q000032:analysis* / Q000592:standards; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000032:analysis* / Q000592:standards
D006540:Herbicides; D012987:Soil; D014227:Triazines; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical; D011400:Prometryne; C100057:ametryne