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Table 3 Extraction efficiencies of validated pesticides spiked at LOR, precision in terms of RSD (n = 5) and coefficients of determination for the investigated pesticides

From: Determination of pesticide residues in honey: a preliminary study from two of Africa’s largest honey producers

 

% recovery at LOR (1 ng/g)

 

No clean-up

PSA

Compound name

% recovery

% RSD, n = 5

% recovery

% RSD, n = 5

R^2

Acephate

70.1

2.6

97.4

4.7

0.9989

Acetamiprid

82.6

3.2

115.0

3.9

0.9982

Aldicarb fragment

73.0

0.9

102.8

1.5

0.9476

Amidosulfuron

87.1

1.2

54.2

24.3

0.9990

Azoxystrobin

84.5

4.5

90.8

4.9

0.9986

Benalaxyl

87.6

3.3

87.5

1.5

0.9989

Bifenazate

89.6

2.4

96.3

4.3

0.9919

Bifenthrin

91.3

6.5

99.0

5.0

0.9996

Bitertanol

85.7

0.4

89.9

0.1

0.9982

Bosclid (Nicobifen)

81.7

0.7

88.2

1.5

0.9977

Bromuconazole

117.3

11.5

102.3

9.3

0.9991

Bupirimate

87.6

1.7

95.6

4.1

0.9998

Buprofezin

81.9

9.0

86.1

4.3

0.9985

Carbaryl

83.8

1.8

118.3

1.3

0.9980

Carbofuran

67.8

3.1

115.8

5.1

0.9987

Chlorfenvinphos

95.0

5.7

103.0

1.1

1.0000

Chlorpyriphos

93.1

6.2

99.3

1.8

0.9996

Chlorpyriphos-methyl

82.9

16.9

92.7

8.6

0.9990

Clofentezin

93.8

1.8

94.0

1.9

0.9996

Coumaphos

70.3

4.7

75.9

3.3

0.9935

Cyazofamid

108.4

9.4

113.6

1.6

0.9992

Cymiazol

86.6

0.5

109.6

5.9

0.9987

Cyproconazole

84.8

0.9

89.2

4.1

0.9976

Cyprodinil

93.7

1.0

96.7

1.6

0.9995

DEET

68.5

3.3

96.1

4.0

0.9999

Diazinon

87.6

3.6

100.4

0.5

0.9999

Dichlorvos

72.8

15.4

101.4

10.9

0.9998

Diflubenzuron

95.6

0.4

99.5

3.9

0.9999

Dimethoate

67.5

2.9

108.7

0.3

0.9997

Diuron

55.9

0.7

98.4

4.7

0.9979

Epoxyconazol

100.4

8.4

100.7

0.4

1.0000

Ethion

74.9

7.1

82.8

8.9

0.9986

Ethoprophos

91.6

3.7

103.8

11.8

0.9998

Etofenprox

95.2

0.8

101.3

2.8

1.0000

Fenamiphos

100.2

8.9

103.8

2.0

0.9991

Fenazaquin

95.1

2.3

99.5

5.2

0.9999

Fenbuconazole

94.9

1.9

101.3

0.4

1.0000

Fenobucarb

83.0

5.1

96.7

0.3

0.9999

Fipronil

99.7

2.6

98.3

13.7

0.9982

Flazasulfuron

87.1

3.7

25.7

62.6

0.9995

Fludioxonil

75.6

5.3

62.2

1.8

0.9981

Flufenacet

82.2

14.1

79.1

17.0

0.9926

Fluquinconazole

68.3

6.9

68.3

1.7

0.9981

Flusilazole

79.5

4.7

90.9

6.1

0.9991

Flutriafol

93.5

4.9

93.9

1.8

0.9999

Fosthiazate

73.2

4.1

109.4

1.6

0.9998

Hexaconazole

94.6

0.3

98.8

0.9

1.0000

Hexythiazox

89.7

2.7

98.2

0.8

0.9997

Imidacloprid

69.3

6.0

101.4

3.4

0.9996

Indoxacarb

93.2

1.1

96.8

1.9

0.9998

Ipconazole

89.8

2.4

95.7

4.9

0.9996

Iprovalicarb

90.7

13.6

100.6

9.9

0.9988

Isoxaflutole

91.4

0.5

76.0

5.7

0.9951

Kresoxim-methyl

108.8

10.7

113.5

13.2

0.9962

Linuron

76.3

7.1

74.0

3.0

0.9958

Lufenuron

91.9

15.8

90.2

9.0

0.9990

Malathion

78.8

8.3

86.3

1.0

0.9972

Metalaxyl

83.1

1.3

91.4

0.7

0.9995

Metconazole

78.2

11.0

81.0

8.2

0.9984

Methidathion

72.7

8.2

89.5

2.6

0.9993

Methomyl

96.1

0.4

114.6

3.5

0.9996

Metolachlor

111.6

1.1

115.3

3.7

0.9984

Metribuzin

66.3

14.3

115.4

2.8

0.9976

Metsulfuron-methyl

121.6

0.5

53.5

28.1

0.9994

Monocrotophos

77.9

0.4

112.5

2.7

0.9968

Nicosulfuron

90.1

2.1

10.5

39.9

0.9994

Novaluron

94.9

0.2

95.5

0.6

0.9999

Omethoate

78.3

5.9

81.3

15.8

0.9995

Oxamyl

72.9

15.3

112.4

2.5

0.9995

Picoxystrobin

93.1

2.6

101.4

9.4

0.9992

Pirimicarb

87.0

2.5

113.1

0.4

0.9992

Pirimiphos-methyl

99.3

1.0

112.2

4.4

0.9999

Prochloraz

79.9

0.4

80.1

1.2

0.9978

Procymidon

79.9

6.0

111.7

10.9

0.9956

Profenofos

98.5

3.7

109.2

11.2

0.9994

Promecarb

85.1

1.3

87.7

0.2

0.9993

Propamocarb

62.8

0.0

29.7

83.9

0.9996

Propargit

25.2

52.7

76.5

19.8

0.9983

Pyraclostrobin

80.0

10.4

88.1

5.6

0.9972

Pyridaben

84.3

1.5

87.2

1.2

0.9998

Pyriproxyfen

92.7

4.4

100.4

1.0

1.0000

Rotenone

97.7

1.9

113.0

1.7

0.9985

Spinosyn A

92.0

0.8

95.9

0.8

0.9999

Spinosyn D

85.1

0.1

92.3

2.0

0.9997

Tebuconazole

92.1

4.0

97.1

0.1

0.9993

Tebufenozid

75.3

0.5

87.7

9.5

0.9958

Temephos

94.4

1.6

95.5

2.6

0.9999

Tetraconazole

83.1

6.1

108.6

3.1

0.9997

Thiabendazol

91.3

2.7

110.9

1.9

0.9946

Thiacloprid

67.7

0.4

108.2

1.8

0.9995

Thiamethoxam

55.4

5.5

100.0

1.6

1.0000

Thiodicarb

78.3

1.0

102.4

3.5

0.9996

Triadimenol

73.7

8.5

69.8

13.5

0.9903

Triadimefon

85.6

8.9

83.8

2.2

0.9948

Tribenuron-methyl

71.8

4.9

65.7

13.4

0.9997

Trifloxystrobin

94.7

3.1

100.6

0.6

0.9999