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Tobacco Science & Technology, 2012, 4, p. 56-59, 66, ISSN.1002-0861

Analysis of residues of famoxadone and fenamidone in tobacco

ZHU Baokun(1); LIAO Yuqi(2); JIANG Juxing(1); WANG Sujuan(1); LIU Ya(1); XIA Jianjun(*1)
(1) Hongyun-Honghe Tobacco (Group) Co., Ltd., Kunming 650202, P.R. China; (2) School of Chemical Science and Technology, Yunnan University, Kunming 650091, P.R. China

A method for fast testing the famoxadone and fenamidone residues in tobacco leaves with ultra-high performance liquid chromatography was developed by using acetonitrile as an extraction solvent. Twenty-two flue-cured tobacco samples were tested. The results showed that: 1) The recoveries of the method ranged from 90.6 % to 107.2 % with the RSDs below 7.0 % and the limit of detection of 0.006 to 0.009 μg·mL-1. 2) Famoxadone was not detected in all samples, and fenamidone was detectable in twenty samples with the detection rate of 91 %, the level of residue ranged from 0.20 to 0.56 μg·g-1, which was lower than the international Maximum Residue Limits (MRL). The method is suitable to the rapid analysis of famoxadone and fenamidone in batches of tobacco samples.