A. Aguera et al., GAS-CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS OF ORGANOPHOSPHORUS PESTICIDES OF HORTICULTURAL CONCERN, Journal of chromatography, 655(2), 1993, pp. 293-300
An optimized GC method for the determination of 25 organophosphorus pe
sticides (OPs) currently applied to horticultural crops was developed.
Four additional compounds were evaluated for their suitability as int
ernal standards. The linearity, reproducibility and recoveries of the
method are discussed. The reliability of the method for routine analys
is of fruit and vegetable samples is demonstrated. Registration of the
analytical results for a control sample in quality control charts dem
onstrated the performance of this method. The limits of detection are
in the range 5-20 mu g/kg. The sample throughput is ca. 68 per 24 h. R
esults are also presented for extracts of four real samples fortified
with the target OPs. The method was evaluated and the results were con
firmed by GC-MS.