A modified extraction and clean-up procedure for the detection and determination of parathion-methyl and chlorpyrifos residues in tea |
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Authors: | Shanker A Sood C Kumar V Ravindranath S D |
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Affiliation: | Hill Area Tea Science Division, Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology (CSIR), Palampur-176-061, Himachal Pradesh, India. directors@csihbt.ren.nic.in |
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Abstract: | Recent advances in methodology and instrumentation have made possible the detection and determination of pesticides at microgram kg-1 (ppb) levels. The sensitivity of a method of analysis depends greatly on the efficient extraction of the pesticide and the subsequent clean-up of the extract. The extract from green tea leaves is a mixture of aroma components, polyphenols and caffeine. The preparation of made tea from green tea leaves adds to this complexity by concentrating these coextractives. Conventional clean-up techniques provide poor recoveries for parathion-methyl and chlorpyrifos from both green tea leaves and made tea. This arises from interference by caffeine during gas chromatography, as it has a similar retention time to the two pesticides and peaks overlap. A modification to the protocol based on a solvent partitioning process using dichloromethane and subsequent washing of the extracts with warm water removed the caffeine, and pigments were removed by column chromatography. Recoveries ranging from 80 to 90% were then obtained for both pesticides. |
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Keywords: | residue analysis parathion‐methyl chlorpyrifos tea caffeine |
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