A simple and robust LC-ESI single quadrupole MS-based method to analyze neonicotinoids in honey bee extracts.

ABSTRACT: Over the past years, neonicotinoids such as thiacloprid and flupyradifurone have gained considerable scientific and public interest. These molecules used as active compounds in pesticides are known due to cause drastic negative long-time effects on pollinators and even human health. Therefore, determining trace amounts of neonicotinoid in different environmental matrices by liquid chromatography coupled with mass selective detectors (LC-MS/MS or LC-Q-TOF/MS) has become an important methodology. However, not every scientific group has unlimited access to high-resolution mass-selective detectors (e.g., MS/MS). It becomes more apparent that the analytics of neonicotinoids are already a global issue. Research groups and organizations with a limited financial budget often depend on using

SUBMITTER: Allgaier M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6838890 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature