Shimadzu liquid chromatography mass spectrometry application note

Shimadzu has published an application note to illustrate the capabilities of the LCMS-8030 triple quadrupole LC/MSMS in the analysis of pesticides in foods.

Pesticides are widely used in agricultural products to protect crops from insect infestation during cultivation and product transport. With the heightened concern for food safety, the “Positive List System” was introduced for these products. These limits ban the sale of food containing pesticides that exceed specified concentrations to ensure food safety. Currently, residue standards and analytical methods have been established for about 800 compounds. Therefore, there is an increasing need for simpler analytical methods capable of simultaneous multi-residue analysis.

This application note presents how the LCMS-8030 an Ultra-Fast triple quadrupole MS is ideally suited for multi-residue quantitation and confirmation. Even under fast, high throughput UHPLC conditions.

The application note is available for download at: http://www2.shimadzu.com/applications/LCMS/C087.pdf.