Research Article

Development of a Solid-Phase Extraction (SPE) Cartridge Based on Chitosan-Metal Oxide Nanoparticles (Ch-MO NPs) for Extraction of Pesticides from Water and Determination by HPLC

Table 7

Enrichment factor (EF) of Ch-Si MNPs for adsorption of different pesticides from water sample.

Pesticides EF ± SE of Ch-MO NPs at three levels of pesticide concentrations (g/mL)
1050100Mean ± SE1050100Mean ± SE1050100Mean ± SE
Ch-CuO NPsCh-ZnO NPsODS (Supelco)

Abamectin8.229.478.518.738.289.318.548.718.199.584.437.40
Diazinon5.242.741.753.247.046.105.936.367.427.717.177.43
Fenamiphos7.567.357.247.387.557.356.987.296.686.166.286.37
Imidacloprid7.397.605.126.707.648.226.227.366.324.592.194.37
Lambda-cyhalothrin7.8710.807.318.667.9311.137.458.837.378.184.086.54
Methomyl9.345.644.316.435.023.102.473.534.892.271.582.91
Thiophanate-methyl6.766.325.976.350.197.234.854.815.636.306.035.946.09

Values are mean of three replicates and are given as mean ± standard error. Different letters in the same column indicate significant differences according to Student-Newman-Keuls (SNK) test (P≤0.05).