Determination of pesticides in coconut ( Cocos nucifera Linn.) water and pulp using modified QuEChERS and LC–MS/MS
Abstract
The use of pesticides is directly linked to improvements in productivity and to the preservation of coconut palms. However pesticide analysis is necessary to determine whether pesticide residues in the food products containing coconut are within the maximum residue limits (MRLs), ensuring the quality of these products. This work aimed to develop a method for multiresidue determination of ten pesticides in coconut water and pulp using QuEChERS and LC-MS/MS. The method was effective in terms of selectivity, linearity, matrix effect, accuracy and precision, providing LOD of 3μgkg(-1), LOQ of 10μgkg(-1) and recoveries between 70 and 120% with RSD lower than 20%. The developed method was applied to 36 samples in which residues of carbendazim, carbofuran, cyproconazole and thiabendazole were found below the LOQ in coconut water and pulp.
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A multi-residue LC-MS/MS method has been developed for ten legal and illegal pesticides used in coconut production.
“A multi-residue Liquid chromatography-Mass spectrometry/Mass spectrometry method has been developed for ten legal and illegal pesticides used in coconut production (33).”
From Authenticity and the Potability of Coconut Water - a Critical Review (2020) · cites this paper as [33]
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Authenticity and the Potability of Coconut Water - a Critical Review
Burns, D. T., Johnston, E. L., & Walker, M. J. (2020) · Journal of AOAC International · doi:10.1093/jaocint/qsz008 · Cited by 59 · see citing works
- Authors
- Ferreira, J. A., Ferreira, J. M. S., Talamini, V., Facco, J. D. F., Rizzetti, T. M., Prestes, O. D., Adaime, M. B., Zanella, R., & Bottoli, C. B. G.
- Affiliations
- Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP) (BR)
- Embrapa Tabuleiros Costeiros (BR)
- Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (BR)
- Corresponding author
- Bottoli, Carla Beatriz Grespan
- ORCID
- Venue
- Food Chemistry
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2016-12
- Volume
- 213
- Pages
- 616-624
- ISSN
- 0308-8146 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2469101740
- Cited by
- 100
- References
- 2
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2025: 8 · 2024: 5 · 2023: 15 · 2022: 17 · 2021: 12 · 2020: 15 · 2019: 14 · 2018: 6 · 2017: 5
- FWCI
- 9.39
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Food Chemistry (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- FAPESP (2012/18318-4)
- INCT Bioanalítica (FAPESP 2008/57805-2, CNPq 573672/2008-3, CNPq 307101/2011-8)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Food Science › Pesticide Residue Analysis and Safety
- Physical Sciences › Chemistry › Analytical Chemistry › Analytical chemistry methods development
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Food Science › Agricultural safety and regulations
- Keywords
- pesticide residues, coconut, Cocos nucifera, coconut water, coconut pulp, multiresidue analysis, QuEChERS, LC-MS/MS, maximum residue limits, carbendazim, carbofuran, cyproconazole, thiabendazole
- MeSH terms
- Chromatography, Liquid, Cocos, Pesticides, Water, Tandem Mass Spectrometry
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