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Simultaneous Determination of 12 Sulfonylurea Herbicides in Drinking Water after SPE by LC-DAD

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A liquid chromatographic method (LC) with diode array detection (DAD) for the routine screening and quantification of highly applicated polar herbicides in drinking water samples was developed. The investigated herbicides consisted of 12 sulfonylurea herbicides (amidosulfuron, flazasulfuron, foramsulfuron, iodosulfuron-methyl Na, mesosulfuron-methyl, metsulfuron-methyl, nicosulfuron, prosulfuron, thifensulfuron-methyl, triasulfuron and tritosulfuron) together with 6 polar pesticides of relevance (atrazine, desethylatrazine, desisopropylatrazine, chlortoluron, diuron, fluoxypyr). The herbicides were extracted and concentrated by off-line solid-phase extraction and subsequently eluates were analyzed by LC-DAD. Recoveries obtained from fortified water samples at 100 ng L−1 were in the range of 84–107% with RSD’s <20%. The limit of detection varied from 2 to 16 ng L−1.

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  1. Laboratory Department of Food and Environmental Chemistry, Central Institute of the German Federal Armed Forces Medical Service Koblenz, Andernacher Strasse 100, 56070, Koblenz, Germany

    Rainer Gallitzendörfer, Thomas Timm, Dagmar Koch & Michael Gerhartz

  2. Pharmacy Section, Central Hospital of the German Federal Armed Forces Koblenz, Rübenacher Strasse 170, 56072, Koblenz, Germany

    Markus Küsters

  3. Zentrales Institut des Sanitätsdienstes der Bundeswehr Koblenz, Laborabteilung III, Andernacher Strasse 100, 56070, Koblenz, Germany

    Rainer Gallitzendörfer

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Gallitzendörfer, R., Timm, T., Koch, D. et al. Simultaneous Determination of 12 Sulfonylurea Herbicides in Drinking Water after SPE by LC-DAD. Chromatographia 73, 813–816 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10337-011-1940-7

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