title: Multiresidue determination of pesticides in tea by gas chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry.
abstract: An efficient and reliable GC-MS/MS method for the multiresidue determination of pesticides in tea was developed by modifying the Japanese official multiresidue method. Sample preparation was carefully optimized for the efficient removal of coextracted matrix components. The optimal sample preparation procedure involved swelling of the sample in water; extraction with acetonitrile; removal of water by salting-out; and sequential cleanup by ODS, graphitized carbon black/primary secondary amine (GCB/PSA) and silica gel cartridges prior to GC-MS/MS analysis. The recoveries of 162 pesticides from fortified (at 0.01 mg kg(-1)) green tea, oolong tea, black tea and matcha (powdered green tea) were mostly (95-98% of the tested pesticides) within the range of 70-120%, with relative standard deviations of <20%. Poor recovery of triazole pesticides was considered to be due to low recovery from the silica gel cartridges. The test solutions obtained by the modified method contained relatively small amounts of pigments, caffeine and other matrix components and were cleaner than those obtained by the original Japanese official multiresidue method. No interfering peaks were observed in the blank chromatograms, indicating the high selectivity of the modified method. The overall results suggest that the developed method is suitable for the quantitative analysis of GC-amenable pesticide residues in tea.
authors.affiliation: a Division of Foods, National Institute of Health Sciences , Tokyo , Japan.
authors.forename: Shizuka
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Saito-Shida
authors.affiliation: a Division of Foods, National Institute of Health Sciences , Tokyo , Japan.
authors.forename: Satoru
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nemoto
authors.affiliation: a Division of Foods, National Institute of Health Sciences , Tokyo , Japan.
authors.forename: Reiko
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Teshima
mesh_terms: D000097:Acetonitriles / Q000737:chemistry; D002110:Caffeine / Q000302:isolation & purification; D011232:Chemical Precipitation; D005504:Food Analysis / Q000379:methods; D005506:Food Contamination / Q000032:analysis*; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry / Q000379:methods*; D010573:Pesticide Residues / Q000032:analysis; D010575:Pesticides / Q000032:analysis*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D053719:Tandem Mass Spectrometry / Q000379:methods*; D013662:Tea / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D000097:Acetonitriles; D010573:Pesticide Residues; D010575:Pesticides; D013662:Tea; D002110:Caffeine; C032159:acetonitrile
keywords: GC-MS/MS; multiresidue method; pesticides; tea