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Determination of Valifenalate in Grape, Vegetables, and Soil Using Ultrahigh Performance Liquid Chromatography Tandem Mass Spectrometry and Exploration of Its Degradation Behavior in Grape Field

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A novel, sensitive, and rapid analytical method for analyzing valifenalate residue in grape, vegetables (tomato, lettuce, eggplant, potato), and soil was established and validated using a modified quick, easy, cheap, effective, rugged, and safe (QuEChERS) method by ultrahigh performance liquid chromatography coupled to tandem mass spectrometry (UHPLC-MS/MS). The determination of the analyte was achieved within 4 min for per injection using electrospray ionization (ESI) operated in positive ion mode, and the retention time was 1.92 min. The developed method exhibited good linearity (R2 ≥ 0.9941) and the limit of quantitation (LOQ) was 0.5 μg/kg for analyte in selected matrices. The mean recoveries in six matrices ranged from 74.5 to 106.6% with intra-day relative standard deviation (RSD) of 0.7–12.3% and inter-day RSD of 3.2–12.2% at four spiking levels (0.5, 10, 100, 500 μg/kg) in recovery assays. The proposed method was applied to explore the dissipation rates of valifenalate in grapes and soil under field conditions, and the half-lives of analyte in grape and soil were 15.5 ± 1.4 and 3.8 ± 0.1 days, respectively. The study indicated that the method was effective and reliable for detection of valifenalate residues and the dissipation data can provide reference towards safety application for the analyte.

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This work was financially supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (2016YFD0200204).

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Li, R., Chen, Z., Tao, Y. et al. Determination of Valifenalate in Grape, Vegetables, and Soil Using Ultrahigh Performance Liquid Chromatography Tandem Mass Spectrometry and Exploration of Its Degradation Behavior in Grape Field. Food Anal. Methods 12, 742–751 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12161-018-1399-3

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