title: Effects of washing, peeling, storage, and fermentation on residue contents of carbaryl and mancozeb in cucumbers grown in greenhouses.
abstract: Cucumbers grown in two different greenhouses were exposed to mancozeb and carbaryl at different times. The effects of 10-day preharvest period, water and detergent washing, peeling, predetermined storage period at 4°C (refrigeration), and fermentation on the reduction of residue levels in the plant tissues were investigated. Mancozeb and carbaryl residues in cucumbers were determined by gas chromatography-electron capture detection. Results showed that residue levels in samples, which were collected after 10 days following the pesticide application, were significantly lower than the samples collected after 2 h subsequent to the pesticide application. The culinary applications were effective in reducing the residue levels of the pesticides in cucumbers. As a result, non-fermentative pickling in sodium chloride and acetic acid was the most effective way to reduce the mancozeb and carbaryl residues of the cucumbers.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Mazandaran Molecular Cell Biology Center, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran.
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Saeedi Saravi
authors.affiliation: Mazandaran Molecular Cell Biology Center, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran Department of Toxicology-Pharmacology, Molecular Cell Biology Center, Faculty of Pharmacy, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran m_ali_shokrzadeh@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shokrzadeh
mesh_terms: D012721:Carbaryl / Q000032:analysis*; D018553:Cucumis sativus / Q000737:chemistry*; D005285:Fermentation; D005504:Food Analysis; D005506:Food Contamination / Q000032:analysis; D061353:Food Storage; D005638:Fruit / Q000737:chemistry; D008344:Maneb / Q000032:analysis*; D010573:Pesticide Residues / Q000032:analysis*; D015038:Zineb / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D010573:Pesticide Residues; D008344:Maneb; C013099:mancozeb; D012721:Carbaryl; D015038:Zineb
keywords: Carbaryl; cucumber; culinary applications; mancozeb; pesticide residues