| A microwave-assisted quick-easy-cheap-effective-rugged-safe
method based on deep eutectic solvent was combined with lighter
than water organic solvent-based-dispersive liquid–liquid microextraction for the extraction and preconcentration of some benzoylurea insecticides from cabbage samples. In this procedure,
a portion of the crushed cabbage leaves are mixed with N,
N-dimethyl ammonium chloride:ethylene glycol deep eutectic solvent and exposure to microwave radiations. Then, the mixture is
centrifuged and the supernatant phase is removed and mixed with
toluene. It is dispersed into the deionised water filled into a closed
head (wide section) glass pipette. The obtained emulsion is broken
using acetonitrile as a demulsifier. Under optimum conditions, the
introduced method indicated high enrichment factors (260–425),
low limits of detection (0.66–1.3 ng g−1
) and quantification (2.2–-
4.4 ng g−1
), good linearity (r2 ≥ 0.9987) and satisfactory repeatability
(relative standard deviation ≤7.1 at a concentration of 15 ng g−1 of
each analyte). Finally, the proposed method was utilised in the
analysis of the analytes in cabbage leaves and hexaflumuron was
determined in several samples. |