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Disposable Pipette Extraction (DPX) Coupled with Liquid Chromatography–Tandem Mass Spectrometry for the Simultaneous Determination of Pesticide Residues in Wine Samples

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A novel multiresidue analytical method based on disposable pipette extraction (DPX) to determine the trace level of 28 pesticides in wine samples using liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry (LC–MS/MS) has been developed. The DPX method is used for both extraction and purification. After the optimization, targets were eluted with 1% HCl in acetonitrile and the eluent was placed into LC analysis. The developed method exhibited good linearity (R2 > 0.99) for all 28 pesticides. Satisfactory recovery of 28 pesticides was observed ranging from 71 to 109%, with the intraday relative standard deviations (RSDs) and inter-day RSDs of 1–11% and 3–18%, respectively. Limits of detection (LODs) and limits of quantification (LOQs) were found to range from 1.5 to 3 μg/L and 5 to 10 μg/L, respectively. DPX was more suitable as compared with quick, easy, cheap, effective, rugged, and safe (QuEChERS) and solid-phase extraction (SPE) methods. The DPX method was applied to 47 commercial wine samples collected from China, and pesticide residues (0.02–0.09 mg/L) were found. In general, the developed method was highly reliable, selective, and sensitive for analyzing 28 pesticide residues in wine samples and would be applicable to other beverages.

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This study was funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (grant 31800721; 31470872), and the Science and Technology Program of Guangzhou (grant 201604020162).

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  1. Zhuhai Precision Medical Center, Zhuhai People’s Hospital (Zhuhai Hospital Affiliated with Jinan University), Jinan University, Zhuhai, 519000, Guangdong, People’s Republic of China

    Hua Zhang, Yuanyuan Li, Jing Zhu, Dehai Li, Qian Wang & Yunfei Gao

  2. The Biomedical Translational Research Institute, Jinan University Faculty of Medical Science, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, People’s Republic of China

    Hua Zhang, Yuanyuan Li, Jing Zhu, Dehai Li, Qian Wang & Yunfei Gao

  3. Department of Orthopedics, First Affiliated Hospital, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, People’s Republic of China

    Heng Li & Zhaoxiang Liu

  4. Department of Intensive Care Unit, Jinan Central Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, People’s Republic of China

    Xufang Sun

  5. Tsinghua Berkeley Shenzhen Institute, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, 518055, People’s Republic of China

    Baocheng Wang

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Zhang, H., Li, Y., Zhu, J. et al. Disposable Pipette Extraction (DPX) Coupled with Liquid Chromatography–Tandem Mass Spectrometry for the Simultaneous Determination of Pesticide Residues in Wine Samples. Food Anal. Methods 12, 2262–2272 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12161-019-01569-6

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