Institute of Research and Consultancy, Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture, Riyadh 11442, Saudi Arabia.
National Agriculture & Animal Resources Research Center, Riyadh 11442, Saudi Arabia.
Molecules. 2023 Jan 31;28(3):1343. doi: 10.3390/molecules28031343.
In recent years, there has been a significant increase related to pesticide residues in foods, which may increase the risks to the consumer of these foods with the different quality and concentrations of pesticide residues. Pesticides are used for controlling pests that reduce yields. On the other hand, it has become a major public health concern due to its toxic properties. Thus, the objective of the current study employed the application of Quick Easy Cheap Effective Rugged Safe (QuEChERS) method, in combination with gas and liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometric detection (GCMSMS, LCMSMS) in order to determine 137 pesticide residues (63 insecticides, 41 acaricides, 40 herbicide, 55 fungicide, nematicide, growth regulator, Chitin synthesis inhibitors, and Juvenile hormone mimics), in 801 vegetables such as 139 tomatoes, 185 peppers, 217 squash, 94 eggplants, and 166 cucumbers from different locations in Hail and Riyadh cities. The results showed that the majority of pesticide residues were detected for each of the following pesticides: acetaimpride, metalaxyl, imidaclopride, bifenthrin, pyridaben, difenoconazole, and azoxystrobien, which were repeated in the samples studied 39, 21, 11, 10, 8, 7, and 5, respectively. In addition, results observed that the tomato was the most contaminated with pesticide residues; it was contaminated with 19 compounds and was followed by pepper, cucumber, and squash, and the last commodity in the contaminated ranking was eggplant. The highest calculated estimated daily intakes (EDIs) were recorded for tomatoes which were estimated between 0.013 to 0.516 mg/kg of body weight per day (bw/day) while the lowest EDIs value was between 0.000002 to 0.0005 mg/kg of bw/day for cucumber. Results indicated that the EDIs values were lower than the acceptable daily intake (ADI) values. Results observed that the most of pesticide residues exposure in food consumption in Saudi Arabia were lower than ADIs. In addition, the highest value for health risk index (HRI) was recorded with Ethion residue in tomato, but in sweet pepper, the highest value for HRI was 127.5 in the form of fipronil residue. On the other hand, results found that the highest values of HRI were 1.54, 1.61, and 0.047 for difenoconazole, bifenthrin, and pyridaben residues in squash, eggplant, and cucumber.
近年来,食品中农药残留量显著增加,这可能会增加消费者食用这些食品的风险,因为不同食品中的农药残留量和浓度存在差异。农药用于控制降低产量的害虫。另一方面,由于其毒性,它已成为一个主要的公共卫生问题。因此,目前的研究采用快速、简便、廉价、有效、坚固、安全(QuEChERS)方法,结合气相和液相色谱-串联质谱检测(GCMSMS、LCMSMS),以确定 801 种蔬菜中的 137 种农药残留(63 种杀虫剂、41 种杀螨剂、40 种除草剂、55 种杀菌剂、杀线虫剂、生长调节剂、几丁质合成抑制剂和保幼激素类似物),这些蔬菜分别来自哈伊勒和利雅得市的不同地点,包括 139 个西红柿、185 个辣椒、217 个南瓜、94 个茄子和 166 个黄瓜。结果表明,大多数农药残留被检测到的农药分别为:噻虫胺、甲霜灵、氯吡虫啉、联苯菊酯、哒螨灵、氟硅唑和唑虫酰胺,这 5 种农药在研究的样本中分别重复出现了 39、21、11、10 和 8 次。此外,结果还表明,西红柿是受农药残留污染最严重的蔬菜;它被 19 种化合物污染,其次是辣椒、黄瓜和南瓜,受污染排名最后的商品是茄子。西红柿的最高计算估计每日摄入量(EDI)值为 0.013 至 0.516 毫克/千克体重/天(bw/day),而黄瓜的最低 EDI 值在 0.000002 至 0.0005 毫克/千克 bw/day 之间。结果表明,EDI 值低于可接受日摄入量(ADI)值。结果表明,沙特阿拉伯食品消费中农药残留暴露的大部分值低于 ADI。此外,在西红柿中,乙硫磷残留的健康风险指数(HRI)值最高,但在甜椒中,以氟虫腈残留形式,HRI 值最高为 127.5。另一方面,结果发现,在南瓜、茄子和黄瓜中,二氟苯菌唑、联苯菊酯和哒螨灵残留的 HRI 值最高分别为 1.54、1.61 和 0.047。