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Journal of Tea Science ›› 2025, Vol. 45 ›› Issue (4): 625-636.doi: 10.13305/j.cnki.jts.2025.04.007

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Determination of 20 Phthalate Acid Esters in Tea Leaves by GC-MS/MS

SUN Yu1,2, ZHOU Li2, ZHANG Xinfu1,*, SUN Hezhi2,*   

  1. 1. College of Plant Protection, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao 266109, China;
    2. Research Center of Quality Safety for Agricultural Products, Tea Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou 310008, China
  • Received:2024-12-24 Revised:2025-01-20 Online:2025-08-15 Published:2025-08-15

Abstract: In this paper, an analytical method for the simultaneous determination of 20 phthalate esters in tea fresh leaves was developed by gas chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (GC-MS/MS). The phthalate esters in tea fresh leaves were extracted by 0.1% acetonitrile acetate, salted out with sodium chloride, cleaned up with a florisil solid phase extraction column, resolved with acetonitrile, separated by temperature programmed chromatography, monitored with multiple reaction monitoring (MRM) mode, and quantified by the external standard method. Through the optimization of sample extraction, purification and chromatographic conditions, good linearity of the target compounds was obtained in the concentration range of 0.010-2.0 mg·kg-1 with the corresponding coefficient of determination R2>0.995 5. The average recoveries ranged from 70% to 118% at the three spiked levels of 0.010 mg·kg-1, 0.10 mg·kg-1 and 1.0 mg·kg-1, with the relative standard deviations (RSDs) of <17.8%. The limits of quantification were 0.010~0.050 mg·kg-1. The method is stable and reliable, and it can meet the needs of the determination of phthalate acid esters in tea fresh leaves.

Key words: tea fresh leaves, gas chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry, phthalate acid esters

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