The Pesticide Exposure of People Living in Agricultural Community, Northern Thailand

Table 1

Quantification of methods for detecting biomarkers of pesticide exposure.

Metabolites	LOD; (µg/L)	Recovery; (%)	Interbatch; (%RSD)	Intrabatch; (%RSD)
AChE activity	-	-	6.2	12.3
BChE activity	-	-	3.1	9.11
6 DAPs	50-125	76.0 – 112	6.2-14.6	7.1-22.5
3-PBA	1.0	93.0	3.2	3.8
Glyphosate	0.5	80.0	3.0	8.9

AChE: acetylcholinesterase; BChE: butyrylcholinesterase; 6 DAPs are dimethyl phosphate, dimethyl thiophosphate, dimethyl dithiophosphate, diethyl phosphate, diethyl thiophosphate, and diethyl dithiophosphate; 3-PBA: 3-phenoxybenzoic acid.