Determination of propineb in vegetable samples after a coprecipitation strategy for its separation-preconcentration prior to its indirect determination by FAAS

Mustafa Soylak; Hassan Elzain Hassan Ahmed; Ozgur Ozalp

doi:10.1016/j.foodchem.2022.133002

Determination of propineb in vegetable samples after a coprecipitation strategy for its separation-preconcentration prior to its indirect determination by FAAS

Food Chem. 2022 Sep 15:388:133002. doi: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2022.133002. Epub 2022 Apr 23.

Authors

Mustafa Soylak¹, Hassan Elzain Hassan Ahmed², Ozgur Ozalp³

Affiliations

¹ Erciyes University, Faculty of Sciences, Department of Chemistry, 38039 Kayseri, Turkey; Technology Research & Application Center (ERU-TAUM), Erciyes University, 38039 Kayseri, Turkey; Turkish Academy of Sciences (TUBA), Cankaya, Ankara, Turkey. Electronic address: soylak@erciyes.edu.tr.
² Erciyes University, Faculty of Sciences, Department of Chemistry, 38039 Kayseri, Turkey; Technology Research & Application Center (ERU-TAUM), Erciyes University, 38039 Kayseri, Turkey; Sudan Atomic Energy Commission (SAEC) - Chemistry and Nuclear Physics Institute, Khartoum, Sudan; Sudan University of Science and Technology (SUST) - College of Science-Scientific Laboratories Department, Chemistry Section, Khartoum, Sudan.
³ Erciyes University, Faculty of Sciences, Department of Chemistry, 38039 Kayseri, Turkey; Technology Research & Application Center (ERU-TAUM), Erciyes University, 38039 Kayseri, Turkey.

PMID: 35468462
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2022.133002

Abstract

In the presented work, a coprecipitation method was developed for separation-preconcentration, and determination of trace quantities of propineb in vegetable samples. Propineb was coprecipitated by using Al(OH)₃. The zinc contents in complex structure of propineb was determined by flame atomic absorption spectrometry (AAS). The propineb concentration was calculated by using stoichiometric relationship between the zinc and propineb. Several parameters including the amount of aluminum(III) as carrier element and hydroxide concentration and sample volume were examined. The effects of matrix ions were also investigated. The preconcentration factor was calculated as 15. The limit of detection (LOD) value for propineb was calculated as 15.2 μg L^-1. The presented coprecipitation procedure was successfully applied to determination of propineb in vegetable samples.

Keywords: Al(OH)(3) precipitate; Coprecipitation; FAAS; Green chemistry; Pesticides; Propineb.

MeSH terms

Spectrophotometry, Atomic / methods
Vegetables*
Zinc
Zineb* / analogs & derivatives

Substances

propineb
Zinc
Zineb