Development of QuEChERS Method for the Determination of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Smoked Meat Products Using GC-MS from Qatar

Table 1

Retention time, quantifier ions, and qualifier ions (m/z) for target PAHs and d-PAHs.

Number	Analyte	RT (min)	Quantifier ion (m/z)	Qualifier ion (m/z)
1	Naphthalene-d8	6.192	136	128/137
2	Naphthalene	6.208	128	102/78
3	Acenaphthylene-d8	7.746	160	152/161
4	Acenaphthylene	7.746	152	126/76
5	Acenaphthene	7.946	154	152/76
6	Fluorene	8.501	166	115/82
7	Phenanthrene-d10	9.741	188	158/189
8	Phenanthrene	9.779	178	152/176
9	Anthracene	9.848	178	152/176
10	Fluoranthene_D10	11.904	212	202/213
11	Fluoranthene	11.950	202	200/101
12	Pyrene_D10	12.375	212	106/211
13	Pyrene	12.413	202	200/101
14	Benz[a]anthracene	15.349	228	226/114
15	Chrysene	15.453	228	226/114
16	Benzo[b]fluoranthene	18.117	252	126/113
17	Benzo[k]fluoranthene	18.178	252	126/113
18	Benzo[a]pyrene_D12	18.814	264	132/252
19	Benzo[a]pyrene	18.883	252	126/113
20	Indeno[1,2,3-cd]pyrene	21.409	276	138/274
21	Dibenz[a,h]anthracene	21.486	278	139/276
22	Benzo[g,h,i]perylene_D12	21.880	288	276/125
223	Benzo[g,h,i]perylene	21.945	276	138/274