Abstract
A new method was developed to determine the contents of PAHs in fish by gas chromatography–triple quadrupole mass spectrometry (GC–QqQ-MS/MS) with SRM mode. In this method, ultrasonic extraction with hexane/dichloromethane (1:1v/v) and Florisil column cleaning with hexane/acetone (4:1v/v) was used as the sample pretreatment. Recoveries of the 16 PAHs for spiked samples were between 68.5% and 106.3%, the relative standard deviations (RSD) were between 0.1% and 17.8%. The limits of detection (LODs) ranged from 0.024–0.06 μg/kg and the limits of quantitation (LOQs) ranged from 0.08–0.2 μg/kg. The influence of different elution solvent to recovery and the matrix effect were also discussed.
Acknowledgments
The financial support received from the Funding of National Science (31071544) and the program of “948” from the ministry of Agriculture of People's Republic of China (2011-Z38).