title: Recent Advances in the Determination of Pesticides in Environmental Samples by Capillary Electrophoresis.
abstract: Nowadays, owing to the increasing population and the attempts to satisfy its needs, pesticides are widely applied to control the quantity and quality of agricultural products. However, the presence of pesticide residues and their metabolites in environmental samples is hazardous to the health of humans and all other living organisms. Thus, monitoring these compounds is extremely important to ensure that only permitted levels of pesticide are consumed. To this end, fast, reliable, and environmentally friendly methods that can accurately analyze dilute, complex samples containing both parent substances and their metabolites are required. Focusing primarily on research published since 2010, this review summarizes the use of various sample pretreatment techniques to extract pesticides from various matrices, combined with on-line preconcentration strategies for sensitivity improvement, and subsequent capillary electrophoresis analysis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Tunghai University, Taichung 40704, Taiwan. poling@thu.edu.tw.
authors.forename: Po-Ling
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, National Kaohsiung Normal University, 62, Shenjhong Road, Yanchao District, Kaohsiung 82446, Taiwan. t3644@nknucc.nknu.edu.tw.
authors.forename: Ming-Mu
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Hsieh
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Science, National Taitung University, 369, Section 2, University Road, Taitung 95092, Taiwan. tcchiu@nttu.edu.tw.
authors.forename: Tai-Chia
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Chiu
mesh_terms: D019075:Electrophoresis, Capillary / Q000379:methods; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000379:methods; D004785:Environmental Pollutants / Q000032:analysis*; D010573:Pesticide Residues / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D004785:Environmental Pollutants; D010573:Pesticide Residues
keywords: capillary electrophoresis; environmental samples; pesticides; preconcentration; sample pretreatments