Determination of the Carbamate Pesticides Fuberidazole and Pirimicarb in Crayfish (Procambarus Clarkii) Using Excitation-Emission Fluorescence Matrices with Self-Weighted Alternating Trilinear Decomposition (SWATLD)

Abstract

Fuberidazole and pirimicarb are carbamate pesticides for insect control. There is pesticide accumulation through the food chain that may ultimately migrate into the human body through the crayfish. Here a rapid method for simultaneous determination of fuberidazole and pirimicarb in crayfish is reported. The excitation-emission fluorescence matrix was obtained by simple pretreatment of crayfish meat using acetonitrile, and qualitative and quantitative information was separated from overlapping spectra using the self-weighted alternating trilinear decomposition. The detection limits of the pesticides for fuberidazole and pirimicarb were 0.068 mg/kg and 0.160 mg/kg, respectively, and the limits of quantitation were 0.207 mg/kg and 0.485 mg/kg. The average recoveries were 90.79% and 98.77%. The results show that a combination of excitation-emission fluorescence matrix and alternating trilinear decomposition can be used for the determination of fuberidazole and pirimicarb in crayfish with simple pretreatment using acetonitrile.