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This study developed a quick, easy, cheap, effective, rugged, and safe (QuEChERS) procedure for determining seven pyrethroid pesticide residues in tea, cucumber, and tomato via high-performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (HPLC–MS/MS). The overall average recoveries of the seven pyrethroids were 72%–104% (relative standard deviation (RSD); 2.0%–16.1%, 89%–109% (RSD; 0.7%–17.3%), 82%–110% (RSD; 1.6%–17.1%) for tea, cucumber and tomato, respectively. The determination coefficient (R2), the limit of detection (LOD), and the limit of quantification (LOQ) were ≥ 0.99, 0.007–1.875 μg kg−1, and 0.025–6.250 μg kg−1, respectively. The method was successfully used to monitor the pyrethroid pesticide residues in market samples. HPLC–MS/MS rapidly, sensitively, and accurately determined the pyrethroid pesticide residues.
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This research was funded by National Key R&D Program of China, Grant Nos. 2018YFC1604401 and 2018YFC1604402.
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MZ: Writing—original draft, formal analysis, investigation, validation, XF: conceptualization, visualization, methodology, JW: investigation, resources, LP: visualization, methodology, JJ: methodology, validation, YZ: data curation, JX: data curation, CP: writing—review & editing, HZ: supervision, methodology, writing—review & editing.
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Zhuang, M., Feng, X., Wang, J. et al. Method Development and Validation of Seven Pyrethroid Insecticides in Tea and Vegetable by Modified QuEChERS and HPLC–MS/MS. Bull Environ Contam Toxicol 108, 768–778 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00128-021-03442-x
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