Analysis of Pesticide Residues on Fruit Using Swab Spray Ionization Mass Spectrometry.

ABSTRACT: The vast quantity and high variety of pesticides globally used in agriculture entails considerable risks for the environment and requires ensuring the safety of food products. Therefore, powerful analytical tools are needed to acquire qualitative and quantitative data for monitoring pesticide residues. The development of ambient ionization mass spectrometry methods in the past two decades has demonstrated numerous ways to generate ions under atmospheric conditions and simultaneously to reduce the need for extended sample preparation and circumvent chromatographic separation prior to mass analysis. Swab spray ionization enables the generation of ions directly from swabs via the application of high voltage and solvent flow. In this study, swab sampling of fruit surfaces and subsequent ioniza

SUBMITTER: Muggli TM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10537605 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature