Avocado Sample Preparation Using the QuEChERS Method with Ammonium Formate for Pesticide Analysis

To begin the sample preparation using the QuEChERS method, weigh five grams of an avocado sample of interest in a 50 milliliter centrifuge tube. Add 50 microliters of the procedural internal standard or P-IS solution to the tube. Add 10 milliliters of aceto nitrile to the centrifuge tube and shake the tube at 70 RPM for five minutes.

Then add 2.5 grams of ammonium formate to it and shake the tube again at 70 RPM for five minutes. Subsequently, centrifuge the tube at 1, 800 G for five minutes. Next, in a two milliliter centrifuge tube, take the appropriate amounts of the reagents displayed on the screen.

Then add one milliliter of the extract into the tube for purification using dispersive solid phase extraction. Vortex the tube for 30 seconds before centrifuging it at 1, 800 G for five minutes. Transfer 200 microliters of the purified extract to an auto-sampler vial, and add 20 microliters of the analyte protectant solution, followed by adding 50 microliters of a pre-prepared triphenyl phosphate solution.

Finally, perform instrumental analysis using a GC-MS/MS system.