Institute of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Radlinského 9, Bratislava, Slovakia
Abstract
Nutraceutical products are plant-based materials primarily valued for their possible medicinal or therapeutic properties. According to their "natural" origin they are often perceived as being safe; however, for the prevention of economic losses, pesticides may be used against pest, mold and insects causing plant damage. Bearing in mind that a nutraceutical is a concentrated form of the plant, pesticides could be found in the final product in possibly worrying concentration. Nutraceutical products and dried herb materials typically represent very complex matrices for pesticide residue analysis, therefore a proper sample preparation protocol with appropriate clean-up steps is necessary prior to the analysis. Hence, this article gives an overview of pesticide residue analyses in nutraceuticals and provides the state of the art for sample preparation techniques applied for different types of nutraceuticals. © Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
Author keywords
Nutraceuticals; pesticide residues; QuEChERS; sample preparation
Indexed keywords
Engineering controlled terms: Losses; Plants (botany)
Nutraceutical products; Nutraceuticals; Pesticide residue; Pesticide residue analysis; Quechers; Sample preparation; Sample preparation techniques; Therapeutic properties
Engineering main heading: Pesticides
ISSN: 15422119Source Type: Journal Original language: English
DOI: 10.1080/15422119.2016.1140653Document Type: Article
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Inc.
Hrouzková, S.; Institute of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Radlinského 9, Slovakia; email:svetlana.hrouzkova@stuba.sk
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© Copyright 2016 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.