OCCUPATION AND HEALTH ›› 2025, Vol. 41 ›› Issue (4): 463-466.

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Determination of 8 aryloxyphenoxypropionate herbicides in bean products by QuEChERS coupled with HPLC-MS/MS

ZHAO Wei, TIAN Huifang, CHEN Longxing, LI Lu, NIU Wendan, GUO Aijing   

  1. Department of Toxicology,Shijiazhuang Center for Disease Control and Prevention,Shijiazhuang,Hebei 050011,China
  • Received:2024-06-13 Revised:2024-07-16 Online:2025-02-15 Published:2025-12-12
  • Contact: GUO Aijing,Deputy chief technician,E-mail:duoyanzhao@126.com

Abstract: Objective To establish a QuEChERS coupled with high performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry(HPLC-MS/MS) method for determination of 8 aryloxyphenoxypropionate herbicides in bean products. Methods The samples were extracted with acetonitrile,purified with N-primary secondary amine(PSA) and anhydrous MgSO4,separated with a Poroshell 120 EC-C18 column,and detected with an alternate positive/negative ion electro spray ionization(ESI) mode under multiple reaction monitoring. External standard calibration curves were used for quantitative analysis. Results A good linear relationship between quizalofop-ethyl and propaquizafo in the range of 0.50-200.00 ng/mL,and the other six aryloxyphenoxypropionate herbicides in the range of 0.20-200.00 ng/mL,with a correlation coefficient of ≥0.999,limits of detectionof 0.01-1.26 μg/kg,and limits of quantification of 0.03-4.20 μg/kg. The average recoveries were 70.52%-100.03% with relative standard deviations(RSD) of 0.76%-9.28% at the spiked levels of 5,10,50 μg/kg. Conclusion The established method is simple,quick and sensitive,and accurate in both qualitative and quantitative analysis. It is suitable for the detection of 8 types of aryloxyphenoxypropionate herbicides in bean products.

Key words: Aryloxyphenoxypropionate herbicides, Bean products, QuEChERS, High performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry, Determination