Determination of the herbicide metribuzin and its major conversion products in soil by micellar electrokinetic chromatography

J Chromatogr A. 2006 Jan 13;1102(1-2):280-6. doi: 10.1016/j.chroma.2005.10.052. Epub 2005 Nov 10.

Abstract

In this paper, a multiresidue method for the analysis in soils of metribuzin (M) and its major conversion products, deaminometribuzin (DA), diketometribuzin (DK) and deaminodiketometribuzin (DADK) is developed. Considering the neutral and charged nature of the molecules, micellar electrokinetic chromatography (MEKC) is a very efficient method for the separation of these compounds, providing high efficiency and short analysis times. Different electrophoretic parameters were studied to optimize the separation, such as the buffer pH and concentration, sodium dodecyl sulphate (SDS) concentration, injection conditions and applied voltage. Excellent separation of the studied compounds was achieved within about 7 min. Soil samples were previously extracted using methanol in an ultrasonic bath and then a SPE procedure was applied to pre-concentrate the analytes by passage through a LiChrolut EN sorbent column. Detection limits at the low microgkg(-1) level were obtained. The proposed method has been satisfactorily applied in soil samples showing recoveries ranging from 86.7% to 104.2% and represents a valuable alternative to high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC).

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Buffers
  • Chromatography, Micellar Electrokinetic Capillary / methods*
  • Herbicides / analysis*
  • Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Soil Pollutants / analysis*
  • Temperature
  • Triazines / analysis*

Substances

  • Buffers
  • Herbicides
  • Soil Pollutants
  • Triazines
  • metribuzin