Vortex‐assisted Emulsification Microextraction for the Determination of Pyrethroids in Mushroom

New Trend in the Extraction of Pesticides from the Environmental and Food Samples Applying Microextraction Based Green Chemistry Scenario: A Review

This review focused on the green microextraction methods used for the extraction of pesticides from the environmental and food samples. Microextraction techniques have been explored and applied in various fields of analytical chemistry since its beginning, as evinced by the numerous reviews published. The success of any technique in science and technology is measured by the simplicity, environmentally friendly, and its applications; and the microextraction technique is highly successive. Deliberations were attentive to studies where efforts have been made to validate the methods through the inter-laboratory comparison study to assess the analytical performance of microextraction techniques against conventional methods. Succinctly, developed microextraction methods are shown to impart significant benefits over conventional techniques. Provided that the analytical community continues to put forward attention and resources into the growth and validation of the microextraction technique, a promising future for microextraction is forecasted.

Analysis of pyrethroids in cereals by HPLC with a deep eutectic solvent-based dispersive liquid-liquid microextraction with solidification of floating organic droplets

This work presents a novel and green analytical procedure involving a deep eutectic solvent-based dispersive liquid-liquid microextraction with solidification of floating organic droplets (DES-DLLME-SFOD) followed by HPLC to measure three pyrethroids (bifenthrin, β-cypermethrin, and deltamethrin) in cereal samples. Firstly, a low-density hydrophobic DES was synthesized from thymol and octanoic acid in the molar ratio of 1/4 and this was applied as a green extraction solvent in the DLLME procedure to avoid the use of a toxic extractant. After centrifugation and placing it on an ice bath, it is transformed into a solid phase on the top of the sample solution to reduce the loss of extractant, conducive to convenient collection thereafter. This procedure required the optimal conditions (including the type, proportion, and amount of DES as the extractant, the volume of the dispersant acetonitrile, the amount of salt, and the pH value) to be evaluated. Under optimized variates, the proposed method provided good linearity with a correlation coefficient greater than 0.997 and limits of quantification within the range of 6.6-8.9 μg kg^-1. The recoveries of pyrethroids in corn, wheat, barley, and oats were 75.6-87.2%, and the relative standard deviation was less than 3.6%. The method, therefore, offers a green, efficient, and convenient approach for the determination of pesticides in cereals.