Title
Determining organochlorine pesticides in samples of green sea turtles by QuEChERS approach
Date Issued
01 January 2016
Access level
open access
Resource Type
research article
Author(s)
Universidade de São Paulo
Abstract
Some Organochlorine Pesticides (OCPs) can pose numerous adverse effects on biota. Marine turtles face numerous threats, in particular those related to anthropogenic activities. Therefore, development and improvement methodologies for monitoring chemical compounds are a relevant task. In this work, we developed a methodology based on the QuEChERS (Quick, Easy, Cheap, Effective, Rugged and Safe) extraction for detection of twelve OCPs, by gas chromatography with electron capture detector, in fat and liver samples of green sea turtles. Quantification limits were lower than 5.3 ng g-1; acceptable recovery rates for most compounds; medium matrix effect; matrix-calibration with linearity at the range from 1.0 to 200 ng g-1. This methodology provides contributions for the study of pesticide residues with adverse effects on sea turtle health, important skills for new directions in conservation issues.
Start page
97
End page
102
Volume
53
Issue
1
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ciencia veterinaria
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84963624203
Source
Brazilian Journal of Veterinary Research and Animal Science
ISSN of the container
14139596
Sponsor(s)
This work was funded by Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo - FAPESP (2011/04565-7, 2010/01781-8 and 2012/14319-6) and Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnológico - CNPq (130082/2011-2). The authors are very grateful with the Projeto TAMAR-ICMBio; specially Cecília Baptistotte, José Henrique Becker and Renato Velloso da Silveira; Max Rondon Werneck; Juliana Marigo; Carolina Pacheco Bertozii, staff and fishermen from Projeto Biopesca; and Carlos Sacristán Yagüe for critical reading of this manuscript. The authors would also like to thank the Programa em Patologia Experimental e Comparada from VPT/FMVZ/USP.
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