• 분석과학
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• 제34권1호
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• pp.1-8
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• 2021

An analytical method was developed and optimized for the quantification of a plant growth regulator, 2,6-diisopropylnaphthalene (2,6-DIPN), in agricultural products using gas chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. The samples were extracted, partitioned, and were purified using a Florisil® cartridge. To validate the analytical method, its specificity, linearity, limit of detection (LOD) and limit of quantification (LOQ) of the instrument, LOQ of the analytical method (MLOQ), accuracy, and repeatability were considered. The method displayed excellent results during validation, and is suitable for the determination and quantification of the low residual levels of the analyte in the agricultural samples. All of the results with the optimized method were satisfactory and within the criteria ranges requested in the Codex Alimentarius Commission guidelines and the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety guidelines for pesticide residue analysis. The developed method is simple and accurate and can be used as a basis for safety management of 2,6-DIPN.

• 한국환경농학회지
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• 제39권3호
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• pp.246-252
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• 2020

BACKGROUND: Pesticides are broadly used to control weeds and pests, and the residues remaining in crops are managed in accordance with the MRLs (maximum residue limits). Therefore, an analytical method is required to quantify the residues, and we conducted a series of analyses to select and validate the quick and simple analytical method for tolpyralate in five agricultural products using QuEChERS (quick, easy, cheap, effective, rugged and safe) method and LC-MS/MS (liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry). METHODS AND RESULTS: The agricultural samples were extracted with acetonitrile followed by addition of anhydrous magnesium sulfate, sodium chloride, disodium hydrogencitrate sesquihydrate and trisodium citrate dihydrate. After shaking and centrifugation, purification was performed with d-SPE (dispersive-solid phase extraction) sorbents. To validate the optimized method, its selectivity, linearity, LOD (limit of detection), LOQ (limit of quantitation), accuracy, repeatability, and reproducibility from the inter-laboratory analyses were considered. LOQ of the analytical method was 0.01 mg/kg at five agricultural products and the linearity of matrix-matched calibration were good at seven concentration levels, from 0.0025 to 0.25 mg/L (R²≥0.9980). Mean recoveries at three spiking levels (n=5) were in the range of 85.2~112.4% with associated relative standard deviation values less than 6.2%, and the coefficient of variation between the two laboratories was also below 13%. All optimized results were validated according to the criteria ranges requested in the Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC) and Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) guidelines. CONCLUSION: In conclusion, we suggest that the selected and validated method could serve as a basic data for detecting tolpyralate residue in imported and domestic agricultural products.

• 한국환경농학회지
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• 제39권2호
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• pp.130-137
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• 2020

BACKGROUND: Mefentrifluconazole and triticonazole are the triazole fungicides. The maximum residue levels for agricultural products need to be set up. Therefore, development of the official analytical method for determination of mefentrifluconazole and triticonazole residues from agricultural crops was necessary due to safety management, and then a simultaneous analytical method was developed for the determination of mefentrifluconazole and triticonazole in agricultural crops. METHODS AND RESULTS: Samples were extracted using acetonitrile and purified using dispersive solid phase extraction, and then detected with liquid chromatograph-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS). Matrix-matched calibration curves (0.0025-0.25 ㎍/mL) were linear into a sample extract with r²>0.99. For validation, the recovery test was carried out at three fortification levels (LOQ, 10 LOQ and 50 LOQ) from agricultural samples. The results for mefentrifluconazole and triticonazole ranged between 92.3 to 115.3% and 91.4 to 108.5%, respectively and RSD (relative standard deviation) values were also below 6.0%. Furthermore, inter-laboratory was conducted to validate the method. CONCLUSION: All values were corresponded with the criteria ranges requested by both the CODEX (CAC/GL 40-1993, 2003) and MFDS guidelines (2016). Therefore, the proposed method can be used as an official analytical method for determination of mefentrifluconazole and triticonazole (triazole fungicides) in the Republic of Korea.

• 한국환경농학회지
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• 제40권2호
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• pp.108-117
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• 2021

BACKGROUND: Dichlobentiazox is a newly registered pesticide in Korea as a triazole fungicide and requires establishment of an official analysis method for the safety management. Therefore, the aim of this study was to determine the residual analysis method of dichlobentiazox for the five representative agricultural products. METHODS AND RESULTS: Three QuEChERS methods were applied to establish the extraction method, and the EN method was finally selected through the recovery test. In addition, various adsorbent agents were applied to establish the clean-up method. As a result, it was found that the recovery of the tested pesticide was reduced when using the d-SPE method with PSA and GCB, but C₁₈ showed an excellent recovery. Therefore this method was established as the final analysis method. For the analysis, LC-MS/MS was used with consideration of the selectivity and sensitivity of the target pesticide and was operated in MRM mode. The results of the recovery test using the established analysis method and inter laboratory validation showed a valid range of 70-120%, with standard deviation and coefficient of variation of less than 3.0% and 11.6%, respectively. CONCLUSION: Dichlobentiazox could be analyzed with a modified QuEChERS method, and the method determined would be widely available to ensure the safety of residual pesticides in Korea.

• 대한인간공학회지
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• 제35권2호
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• pp.75-84
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• 2016

Objective: The aim of this study is to suggest some improvement ideas based on the validity and the reliability analyses of the current safety culture measurement method applied to the Korean nuclear power industry. Background: Wrong safety culture is known as one of the major causes of the disasters such as the space shuttle Columbia disaster or the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant accident. Assessment of safety culture of an organization is important to build a safer organizational environment as well as to identify the risks hidden in the organization. Method: A face validity of the current safety culture measurement method was analyzed by comparison of the key factors of safety culture in the Korean nuclear power industry with those factors reviewed in the previous studies. The current interview method was analyzed to identify the problems which degrade the consistency of evaluation. Results: Most safety culture factors reviewed in the literatures are covered in the list of the Korean nuclear power industry safety culture factors. However the unstructured questions used in the interview may result in inconsistency of safety culture evaluation among interviewers. Conclusion: This study suggests some examples which might improve the consistency of interviewers' evaluation on safety culture such as a post interview evaluation form. Application: An extended post interview evaluation form might help to increase the accuracy of the interviewing method for Korean nuclear industry safety culture evaluation.

• 한국환경농학회지
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• 제34권2호
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• pp.111-119
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• 2015

BACKGROUND: Ethychlozate (ECZ) is a plant growth regulator of synthetic auxin for agricultural commodities (ACs). Accurate and sensitive method to determine ECZ in diverse ACs on global official purpose is required to legal residue regulation. As the current official method is confined to the limited type of crops with poor validation, this study was conducted to improve and extend the ECZ method using high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) in all the registered crops with method verification. METHODS AND RESULTS: ECZ and its acidic metabolite (ECZA) were both extracted from acidified samples with acetone and briefly purified by dichloromethane partition. ECZ was hydrolyzed to form ECZA and the combined ECZA was finally purified by ion-associated partition including hexane-washing. The instrumental quantitation was performed using HPLC/ FLD under ion-suppression of ECZA with no interference by sample co-extractives. The average recoveries of intra- and inter-day experiment ranged from 82.0 to 105.2% and 81.7 to 102.8%, respectively. The repeatability and reproducibility for intra- and inter-day measurements expressed as a relative standard deviation was less than 8.7% and 7.4%, respectively. CONCLUSION: Established analytical method for ECZ residue in ACs was applicable to the nation-wide pesticide residues monitoring program with the acceptable level of sensitivity, repeatability and reproducibility.

• 한국식품위생안전성학회지
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.181-187
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• 2013

전분의 사용원료를 확인하는 방법은 전분입자의 크기 또는 형태 등으로 분류하는 이화학적인 방법이 연구되었으나 원료별 또는 동일한 원료라도 품종에 따른 차이점으로 인하여 명확하게 확인하기 어려운 단점이 있어 유전자분석법을 시도하였다. 시료는 고구마 전분, 감자 전분, 옥수수 전분 및 타피오카 전분 등 총 11종을 사용하였으며, 유전자추출은 DNeasy plant mini 키트, magnetic DNA purification system 및 CTAB 방법으로 하였으며 추출유전자의 증폭을 위하여 WGA 키트로 처리하였다. 그리고 고구마, 감자, 옥수수 및 타피오카 검출을 위한 유전자 부위는 SSR (simple sequence repeat, ib-286-F/ib-286-R), 자당합성효소(potato sucrose synthase, Pss 01n-5'/Pss 01n-3'), 전분합성효소(starch synthase, SSllb 3-5'/SSllb 3-3') 및 SSR (SSRY26-F/SSRY26-R)를 각각 사용하였다. 그 결과 대부분의 경우 WGA를 처리한 경우에는 사용원료의 확인이 가능하였다.

• 한국환경농학회지
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• 제32권3호
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• pp.207-213
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• 2013

Thidiazuron은 1976년 Plant Physiology 발표를 통해 생장조정제로 알려진 이후, 현재 우리나라에서도 생장조정제로 수박과 참외의 착과 증진 및 참다래의 과실비대 촉진, 포도의 과립 비대 증진 및 착립 증진 등을 위해 등록되어 사용되고 있다. Thidiazuron의 분석법은 식품공전에 수재되어 있으나, 등재 당시의 기술 이용, 일부 시험 대상 품목에 대한적용 등으로, 최근의 잔류허용기준 설정 품목의 증가와 분석기기 및 기술 발달을 반영하여 검증된 분석법으로 개선코자 하였다. 더불어, 개발된 분석법을 활용하여, thidiazuron의 사용이 허가되어 있는 수박, 키위, 포도를 포함한 국민 다소 비 식품 17품목에 대한 잔류실태조사도 수행하였다. 개발된 분석법의 회수율은, 현미 89.2~91.2 %, 고추 87.2~92.1 %, 감자 76.4~86.9 %, 수박 91.2~95.7 %, 키위 86.5~88.5 %, 포도 89.5~94.0 % 였으며, 반복 회수율 간 변이계수는 10 % 이하였다. 또한 개발된 분석법으로 우리나라에서 유통되고 있는 다소비 농산물 쌀, 상추, 사과 등 17품목 358건에 대해 농약 잔류실태를 조사한 결과 모든 시료에서 thidazulon은 검출되지 않았다.

• 한국식품위생안전성학회지
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• 제33권1호
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• pp.44-49
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• 2018

피카오프레토 등 복합물의 개별인정 시험법인 총 폴리페놀 시험법에서 Folin-phenol 시약 선정, 발색시약인 35% 탄산나트륨의 반응시간 및 온도, 시료량 등을 비교 실험하여 총 폴리페놀에 대한 표준화된 시험법을 확립하였다. 총 폴리페놀의 표준화된 시험법의 밸리데이션을 수행한 결과 회수율은 102.3~112.4%, 정밀도의 표준편차는 0.81~3.18%였으며 검량선의 직선성은 결정계수($r^2$)가 0.999이상을 나타냈고 검출한계는 $5{\mu}g/mL$, 정량한계는 $15{\mu}g/mL$이었다. 유통제품에 대해 표준화된 총 폴리페놀 시험법의 적용성 검토를 위해 1건의 검체를 수거하여 분석한 결과, 총 폴리페놀 표시 함량 대비 105.6%로 적합하였다.

• 한국식품과학회지
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• 제46권1호
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• pp.7-12
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• 2014

Flutianil은 흰가루병에 높은 방제효과를 가지는 thiazolidine계 살균제로서 고추, 피망, 오이, 참외에 대해 flutianil의 사용등록이 신청됨에 따라 농산물 중 flutianil 잔류량을 측정하기 위한 검사법을 개발하였다. Flutianil 잔류물은 acetonitrile로 추출하여 포화식염수와 dichloromethane을 이용한 액-액분배과정을 수행하였고, silica 카트리지를 이용하여 clean-up을 실시한 후 GC-ECD를 통해 기기분석을 수행하였으며, GC-MS로 재확인하였다. flutianil 표준품의 직선성은 상관계수($R^2$)가 0.999이상으로 우수하였고 고추, 피망, 감귤, 감자, 현미, 대두에 대한 flutianil의 회수율을 측정한 결과, 76.5-108.0%의 범위로 10% 미만의 표준오차를 나타내었으며, 분석법의 검출한계는 0.004 mg/kg, 정량한계 0.02 mg/kg이었다. 이는 코덱스 가이드라인(CAC/GL 40)인 회수율 70-120%, 분석오차 10 미만에 적합함을 보여주어 분석법의 정확성을 확인하였다. 본 연구에서 개발한 시험법은 flutianil 분석을 위한 신속, 정확한 시험법으로, 국내에서 유통되는 농산물 중 flutianil 잔류물의 안전관리를 위한 공정시험법으로 활용될 예정이다.