Research Article

Three Different Spectrophotometric Methods for Simultaneous Determination of Pyriproxyfen and Chlorothalonil Residues in Cucumber and Cabbage Samples

Table 7

Comparison of the proposed methods with some other methods.

Pyriproxyfen
Analytical parametersZero crossingRSDMCRSLiterature method [7]Literature method [9]

Linearity range (mg·kg−1)1–301–301–300.002–0.41–25
LOD (mg·kg−1)0.254–0.3120.270–0.3020.2110.001–0.050.217
Recovery (%)82.12–97.4083.51–96.9888.00–95.9560–6486.03–94.55
RSD (%)Below 4.59Below 4.95Below 4.569–131.28
ApplicationCucumbers and cabbagesCucumbers and cabbagesCucumbers and cabbagesOrangesTomatoes

Chlorothalonil
Analytical parametersZero crossingRSDMCRSLiterature method [19]Literature method [29]

Linearity range (mg·kg−1)0.5–7.00.5–7.00.5–7.00.005–5.00.5–10
LOD (mg·kg−1)0.112–0.1540.144–0.1530.1310.020.05
Recovery (%)82.24–97.0481.51–96.8587.37–96.4486.2–103.371–93
RSD (%)Below 5.37Below 5.45Below 4.43Below 10.5Below 6
ApplicationCucumbers and cabbagesCucumbers and cabbagesCucumbers and cabbagesCucumbers and tomatoesCabbages

RSD: ratio spectra derivative method; MCRS: mean centering of the ratio spectra method; RSD%: percentage relative standard deviation.