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http://dx.doi.org/10.9721/KJFST.2011.43.3.277

Determination of Ethylenethiourea in Fruits  

Kim, Eun-Hee (Gangnam Agro-marine Products Inspection Center, Seoul Metropolitan Government Research Institute of Public Health and Environment)
Jang, Mi-Ra (Gangnam Agro-marine Products Inspection Center, Seoul Metropolitan Government Research Institute of Public Health and Environment)
Kim, Jin-A (Gangnam Agro-marine Products Inspection Center, Seoul Metropolitan Government Research Institute of Public Health and Environment)
Kim, Tae-Rang (Gangnam Agro-marine Products Inspection Center, Seoul Metropolitan Government Research Institute of Public Health and Environment)
Yook, Dong-Hyun (Gangnam Agro-marine Products Inspection Center, Seoul Metropolitan Government Research Institute of Public Health and Environment)
Hwang, In-Sook (Gangnam Agro-marine Products Inspection Center, Seoul Metropolitan Government Research Institute of Public Health and Environment)
Kim, Jung-Hun (Gangnam Agro-marine Products Inspection Center, Seoul Metropolitan Government Research Institute of Public Health and Environment)
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Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology / v.43, no.3, 2011 , pp. 277-281 More about this Journal
Abstract
A rapid and very sensitive high-performance liquid chromatography/atmospheric-pressure chemical-ionization mass spectrometry method to detect ethylenethiourea (ETU) fungicide residues in fruits was developed. Methylene chloride was used as the surface extraction solvent for the target component. Recovery rates improved when cysteine hydrochloride and sodium carbonate were added to product prior to fortification. The limits of detection and quantification were approximately 0.006 and 0.02 mg/kg, respectively, from mandarin oranges. Recoveries from mandarin oranges, oranges, bananas, and pears, spiked in the range of 0.05-0.5 mg/kg, averaged 80-100%. The proposed method was used to monitor the presence of ETU in commercial fruits purchased from different markets in Seoul, Korea. ETU was found in four orange peels and in three mandarin orange peel samples. The highest ETU residue levels were $73.6{\mu}g/kg$ and $29.8{\mu}g/kg$.
Keywords
dithiocarbamates; ETU; ethylenethiourea;
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