Simultaneous Determination of Glyphosate, Glufosinate and Aminomethyl Phosphonic Acid Residues in Tea by Modified QuEChERS Method Coupled with UPLC-MS/MS

LI Ziqiang; YANG Mei; ZHANG Xinzhong; LUO Fengjian; LOU Zhengyun; LIANG Shuang

doi:10.13305/j.cnki.jts.2023.02.001

2023 , Vol. 43 >Issue 2: 263 - 274

DOI: https://doi.org/10.13305/j.cnki.jts.2023.02.001

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Simultaneous Determination of Glyphosate, Glufosinate and Aminomethyl Phosphonic Acid Residues in Tea by Modified QuEChERS Method Coupled with UPLC-MS/MS

LI Ziqiang ,
YANG Mei ,
ZHANG Xinzhong ,
LUO Fengjian ,
LOU Zhengyun ,
LIANG Shuang

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1. College of Plant Protection, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun 130118, China;
2. Research Center of Quality Safety for Agricultural Products, Tea Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou 310008, China

Received date: 2023-01-13

Revised date: 2023-03-10

Online published: 2023-05-05

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Abstract

An analytical method was developed for the simultaneous determination of glyphosate, glufosinate and aminomethyl phosphonic acid residues in black and green tea by ultra-performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (UPLC-MS/MS) coupled with a modified QuEChERS method. The samples were extracted twice with pure water, and the extraction solutions were purified by dispersive solid phase extraction with MWCNT, C₁₈, PVPP and CNT-OH adsorbents. The mass spectrometry was performed in multiple reaction monitoring (MRM) mode and quantified by external standard method. The results show that glyphosate, glufosinate and aminomethyl phosphonic acid had a good linear relationship within a certain concentration range with correlation coefficients (R²) ranging from 0.999 3 to 1.000 0 in black and green tea. The limits of detection ( LOD ) of the method were 0.005 0, 0.030 mg·kg^-1 and 0.030 mg·kg^-1, respectively. The limits of quantitation (LOQ) were 0.050, 0.10 mg·kg^-1 and 0.10 mg·kg^-1, respectively. The average spiked recovery rates and the relative standard deviations (RSD) of pesticides were in the range of 81.6%-120.0% and 0.6%-13.6%, respectively. The method is simple, inexpensive, reproducible, sensitive and suitable for the determination of glyphosate, glufosinate and aminomethyl phosphonic acid in black and green tea.

Key words： QuEChERS; tea; glyphosate; glufosinate; aminomethyl phosphonic acid

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LI Ziqiang , YANG Mei , ZHANG Xinzhong , LUO Fengjian , LOU Zhengyun , LIANG Shuang . Simultaneous Determination of Glyphosate, Glufosinate and Aminomethyl Phosphonic Acid Residues in Tea by Modified QuEChERS Method Coupled with UPLC-MS/MS[J]. Journal of Tea Science, 2023 , 43(2) : 263 -274 . DOI: 10.13305/j.cnki.jts.2023.02.001

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