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Simultaneous determination of residues of thiamethoxam and its metabolite clothianidin in tobacco leaf and soil using liquid chromatography‐tandem mass spectrometry
Author(s) -
Meng Banghua,
Yu Yurong,
Zhang Qingtao,
Wang Shouyi,
Hu Deyu,
Zhang Kankan
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
biomedical chromatography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.4
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1099-0801
pISSN - 0269-3879
DOI - 10.1002/bmc.4225
Subject(s) - chemistry , clothianidin , chromatography , thiamethoxam , liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry , metabolite , mass spectrometry , tobacco leaf , tandem mass spectrometry , pesticide , biochemistry , agricultural engineering , imidacloprid , agronomy , biology , engineering
A simple analytical method was developed to simultaneously determine thiamethoxam and its metabolite, clothianidin, in fresh tobacco leaf, soil and cured tobacco leaf using liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry. Thiamethoxam and clothianidin in tobacco and soil samples were extracted with acetonitrile containing 0.1% formic acid and purified using an NH 2 ‐SPE column. The optimized method provided good linearity with coefficients of determination R 2 ≥ 0.9981. The limits of detection and quantification were between 0.006–0.12 and 0.02–0.4 mg/kg, respectively. Intra‐ and inter‐day recovery assays were used to validate the established method. The average recoveries of thiamethoxam and clothianidin in fresh tobacco leaf, soil and cured tobacco leaf were 75.04–100.47%, 75.86–86.40% and 89.83–99.39%, respectively. The intra‐ and inter‐day relative standard deviations were all <9%. The developed method was successfully applied for the analysis of thiamethoxam and clothianidin residues in actual tobacco and soil samples. The results indicated that the established method met the requirements for the analysis of trace amounts of thiamethoxam and clothianidin in fresh tobacco leaf, soil and cured tobacco leaf.