Investigating the migration of pyrethroid residues between mung bean sprouts and growth media

Abstract

To study the migration of pyrethroids (cypermethrin, deltamethrin, fenvalerate, and permethrin) from growth media (soil or water) to mung bean sprouts, pyrethroid residues were quantified using polystyrene-magnetic nanoparticles and HPLC-PDA. Pyrethroids reductions in growth media followed a double-exponential decline model (RMSE of 0.0068–0.1845), while the higher accumulation in the vegetable were observed in roots (0.50–6.75 mg/kg) than in sprouts (0.12–2.01 mg/kg). The accumulation was influenced by pyrethroid species, type of growth media, and plant parts. This study contributed a novel prediction method to assess the migration of pesticides from the growth media to the vegetable with the satisfactory sensitivity of the proposed detection method. The recoveries, detection limits (LOD), and quantification limits (LOQ) were 82.9–112.1%, 0.0627–0.1974 µg/L and 0.1892–0.6279 µg/L, respectively, for four pyrethroids. The research provided solid basis for future study of crops that can be used for bioconcentration of chemical hazards in environments.