[Analysis of demeton-S-methyl, oxydemeton-methyl and demeton-S-methylsulfone in agricultural products by LC-MS]

Shokuhin Eiseigaku Zasshi. 2009 Apr;50(2):64-9. doi: 10.3358/shokueishi.50.64.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

We studied the simultaneous determination of demeton-S-methyl, oxydemeton-methyl, and their oxide demeton-S-methylsulfone, in agricultural products by liquid chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry (LC-MS). The sample homogenized with antioxidants L-ascorbic acid and butylhydroxytoluene was extracted with acetone. An aliquot of the crude extract was reextracted with ethyl acetate by using an EXtrelut column. After hexane/acetonitrile partitioning lipid-rich samples such as cereals, the extract was cleaned up on a PSA column or tandem graphitized carbon/PSA column, and determined by ESI-SIM mode LC-MS. Average recoveries (n=5) of compounds from ten kinds of samples fortified at the analyte concentration of 0.05 microg/g were from 73.8% to 102.5%, and the relative standard deviations were <or=5.7%.

MeSH terms

  • Chromatography, Liquid
  • Crops, Agricultural / chemistry*
  • Insecticides / analysis*
  • Insecticides / isolation & purification
  • Mass Spectrometry
  • Organothiophosphates / analysis*
  • Organothiophosphates / isolation & purification
  • Organothiophosphorus Compounds / analysis*
  • Organothiophosphorus Compounds / isolation & purification

Substances

  • Insecticides
  • Organothiophosphates
  • Organothiophosphorus Compounds
  • methyl demeton
  • demeton-S-methyl