Analysis of Pesticide Residues in Winter Fruits

Fruit samples of winter fruits (apple, grapes, banana cheeku, papaya, lemon) for pesticideresidues employing a multiresidue analysis by gas liquid chromatography.All the fruit samples showed the presence of residues with one or other group of pesticides.Some samples exceeded the quantification limit.The increasing interest in the pesticides in fruit samples is justified from the enological point of view.In this paper pesticide mobility on fruit samples was studied.Out of nine pesticides tested for most of the sample show very high levels of malathion ,while other pesticides residues are with in the established tolerance,BHC endosulphan dieldrin are with in limits.thus consumer intake of pesticides from fruit samples studied in this work should be reduced bywashing fruits with water .In this paper multiresidue determination of pesticides are discussed using GLC.HNMR.IR.

pesticides in the control of vector borne diseases like malaria.Countries in Africa, Asia and central South America are highly dependent on pesticides.Other areas in which pesticides are used include forestry, gardening and lawn care horticulture and livestock and to a large extent domestic use in home.In the U.S pesticides are used in around 70 million homes.
Usage of OCP's have been prohibited in most of countries, but 70% of banned pesticides low cost, in India DDT was banned for use in agriculture in 1985, but still 7500 metric tons per year is used here.
The problems of pesticides residues in crops has been attracting growing attention the use of organic insecticides for the control of insect on crops has become common during the past few years. [1]4] Pesticides residues in food has become a consumer safety issue.The consumer has a right to know how much pesticide gets in corporate in the food he eats.At many laboratories expanded research programmers have been instituted to understand and control more fully the varied effects of pesticides like:-1) The appraisal of the potential carcinogenicity of ingested substances.

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Palatability and organoleptre evaluation of fruits, meats and vegetables.

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Assimilation of detailed data on acute and chronic toxicity for all compounds.4) Nature of plant surfaces and the chemical modes of penetration subsequent translocation, distribution and metabolic fate in plants and exudation of regulating compounds into the soil.

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Establishment of safety threshold levels within a human being without immediate or future harm.The short as well as long term impact of the use of pesticides on biological systems is being evaluated continuously in an effort to minimize.
Potential or latent hazards while maximizing the benefits derived by marking form increased agricultural production and communicable disease eradication. [5]e use of pesticides has not permitted the control of diseases transmitted by insects but also has led to increased food production and better health.

EXPERIMENTAL
Selection of fruit samples were based on their availability in winter.The samples were purchased in Jhansi.The fruits sold here are bought from the near bus stand in Jhansi.The fruit samples was analyzed in the form, that is offered to the consumer.For example apple, Cheeku, Papaya and grapes were analyzed with peels whereas banana, pomegranate and coconut were analyzed without peels.Lemon was analyzed with peals as it is used in making pickles in the form 6 .
Each sample size taken 1 kg out of which a representative substance weighting 20gram was randomly taken and the pesticides were extracted for 8-10 hr at the rate (4-5) cycles per hr, in hexane in a soxhelt extractors.The rotary evaporators.The concentrate contained aqueous as well as organic residue.
The organic part was extracted in hexane with the help of a separating funnel and a pinch of sodium sulphate was added to it.The solution thus obtained was filtered and concentrated again.To this 5 ml of hexane was added and the sample thus prepared was analyzed for the presence of 9 pesticides by gas chromatograph (Perkin Elmer-Auto system XL) with the selective electron-capture detector (ECD).This detector allows the detection of contaminants at trace level concentration in the lower ppm range in the presence of multitude of compounds extracted from the matrix to which these detectors do not resend. [7]The column used was PE-17, length 30m.ID 0.25 film 0.25 mm with a 2 ml/min flow.The carrier gas and the make up gas was nitrogen employing the splitting mode.The oven temperature was kept at 190-280 0 C with a ramp of 5 0 c/min.The lam plies were calibrated (retention time, are a count) against a 10 ppm standard mixed solution of all 9 pesticides.Each peak is characterized by its retention time and the response factor in ECD.Sample results were quantitated in ppm automatically by the GC software.
One GC injection (30 min) was required in order to cover all 9 pesticides included in a analysis.Hamilton micro syringes injection of the pesticide dissolved in hexane as solvent were made directly onto the coated silanized column solid support, there by eliminating the possibility of catalytic degradation by metallic surfaces.Pesticides were identified according to their retention time.For accurate result the concentration of the standard was kept same. [8]The multiresidue method which can detect all 9 pesticides in one analytical run was preffered.This method is characterized by a broad scope of application good recoveries and sensitivity and low solvent consumption, coupled with good analytical quality control.The presence of marathon, DDE in the respective sample were further confirmed by HNMR (Joel, 400 MHZ) and IR (Bruker) Spectral studies.

CONCLUSION
The high levels of malathion is alarming.We have analyzed for only 9 pesticides where as the presence of many others can not be ignored.Out of necessity the field of residue analytical chemistry has emerged as a devoted specifically to the determination of sub microgram concentration levels of pesticides to confirm the tolerance established by law for pesticides in or on agricultural forage and food crops and animal products.The area associated with the nature, persistence and concentration level of pesticides residues on produce need to be critically examined by academic, industrial and government agencies to ensure man's future well being.