01599naa a2200265 a 450000100080000000500110000800800410001910000200006024501420008026000090022252008420023165000150107365000090108865000140109765300120111170000230112370000170114670000200116370000200118370000190120370000170122270000160123970000220125577300560127720517252016-09-22       2016    bl uuuu     u00u1 u    #d1 aFERREIRA, J. A.  aDetermination of pesticides in coconut (Cocos nucifera Linn.) water and pulp using modified QuEChERS and LC-MS/MS.h[electronic resource]  c2016  aThe use of pesticides is directly linked to improvements in productivity and to the preservation of coconut palms. However pesticide analysis is necessary to determine whether pesticide residues in the food products containing coconut are within the aximum residue limits (MRLs), ensuring the quality of these products. This work aimed to develop a method for multiresidue determination of ten pesticides in coconut water and pulp using QuEChERS and LC?MS/MS. The method was effective in terms of selectivity, linearity, matrix effect, accuracy and precision, providing LOD of 3 gkg 1, LOQ of 10 gkg 1 and recoveries between 70 and 120% with RSD lower than 20%. The developed method was applied to 36 samples in which residues of carbendazim, carbofuran, yproconazole and thiabendazole were found below the LOQ in coconut water and pulp.  aPesticides  aCoco  aPesticida  aCoconut1 aFERREIRA, J. M. S.1 aTALAMINI, V.1 aFACCO, J. de F.1 aRIZZETTI, T. M.1 aPRESTES, O. D.1 aADAIME, M. B1 aZANELLA, R.1 aBOTTOLI, C. B. G.  tFood Chemistry, London, GB, 2013, p. 616-624, 2016.