A Method for Determination of Imidacloprid Residue in Tea with HPLC-UV
A method was developed for determination of imidacloprid residue in tea by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) with UV detector. Imidacloprid in tea samples was extracted with methyl alcohol and re-extracted by dichloromethane then cleaned up with the ENVI-18 cartridge. Imdacloprid was eluted with acetonitrile:water(v/v, 30:70) solution from the cartridge and detected with HPLC. The recovery of imidacolprid ranged from 81.5%~87.9% with the RSD less than 10.2%. Practical determination limit was 0.05 mg/kg.