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The Impact of Pesticides - Academy Publish

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An analytical method based on QuEChERS approach was refined for the extractionand determination <strong>of</strong> neonicotinoid pesticide residues and their metabolites in honeybees and bee products. Samples were extracted with 2% triethylamine in acetonitrilefollowed by salting out, solid phase extraction clean-up, and detection using LC-MS/MS. <strong>The</strong> method was validated in triplicate at three fortification concentrationsin each matrix. Good recoveries were observed for most analytes and rangedbetween 70 and 120% with relative standard deviations between replicates <strong>of</strong>

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