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Multiresidue analysis of phenylurea herbicides in environmental waters by capillary electrophoresis using electrochemical detection

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A rapid multiresidue method has been developed for the analysis of seven phenylurea herbicides in the presence of two s-triazines in environmental waters. A simple end-column electrochemical detector was used in combination with a commercially-available capillary electrophoresis instrument with UV detection. The determination of phenylurea pesticides using micellar electrokinetic capillary chromatography with electrochemical detection represents the first such determination that has been reported. In both detection systems, linear ranges were obtained for the seven phenylurea herbicides at concentrations lower than 2.0×10−5 mol l−1, in 0.020 mol l−1 phosphoric acid at pH 7.0 and containing 0.020 mol l−1 of sodium dodecylsulfate, in order to obtain selectivity in the additional separation by a micellar distribution process. Under these conditions a detection limit lower than 5.0×10−6 mol l−1 (0.25 pmol of pesticide) was achieved for most of them. The pesticides were resolved in less than 30 min.

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The authors wish to thank Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología de España, Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional de la Unión Europea and Comunidad Autónoma de Madrid for their financial support of this project (BQU2001-0949 and BQU2003-03418; 07 M/0040/2001 and 07G/0013/2003).

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  1. Departamento de Química Analítica y Análisis Instrumental, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid 28049, Spain

    M. Chicharro, E. Bermejo, A. Sánchez & D. Arraez

  2. Departamento de Ciencias Analíticas, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, Madrid 28040, Spain

    A. Zapardiel

  3. Departamento de Química Analítica, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Granada, Granada 18071, Spain

    A. Fernandez-Gutierrez & D. Arraez

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Chicharro, M., Bermejo, E., Sánchez, A. et al. Multiresidue analysis of phenylurea herbicides in environmental waters by capillary electrophoresis using electrochemical detection. Anal Bioanal Chem 382, 519–526 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00216-004-2840-6

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