Screening of pesticide-contaminated soil by Supercritical Fluid Extraction (SFE) and High-Performance Thin-Layer Chromatography with Automated Multiple Development (HPTLC/AMD)

R. Koeber, R. Niessner

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Abstract

A method for screening of pesticide-contaminated soil was developed. The extraction is carried out by supercritical carbon dioxide (CO2) with methanol as a modifier. The different components of the extracts are separated by high-performance thin-layer chromatography with automated multiple development (HPTLC/AMD) and evaluated densitometrically. The technique can be carried out without any previous clean-up step. Compared with other extraction techniques, SFE has the advantages of reducing the amount of co-extracted soil contents, which can seriously deteriorate the results. A 35-step development of the TLC-plate with gradient elution offers an application over a wide range of polarity. Migration data for 107 pesticides, recoveries and detection limits for 20 pesticides were determined.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)464-469
Number of pages6
JournalFresenius' Journal of Analytical Chemistry
Volume354
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 2 Feb 1996

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