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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Aug 9.
Published in final edited form as: J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol. 2016 Dec 14;28(1):40–45. doi: 10.1038/jes.2016.69

Table 2.

Estimated limits of detection (LODs) and limits of quantitation (LOQs) for the target analytes in the duplicate-diet solid food samples.

Target analyte LOD (ng/g) LOQ (ng/g)
Pyrethroid insecticide
 Bifenthrin 0.05 0.10
 Cyfluthrin 1.0 2.5
 λ-Cyhalothrin 0.30 1.0
 Cypermethrin 0.30 1.0
 cis-Deltamethrin 0.05 0.25
 Esfenvalerate 0.30 1.0
 cis-Permethrin 0.10 0.25
 trans-Permethrin 0.10 0.25
Pyrethroid degradate
 4-F-3-PBA 0.10 0.25
 3-PBA 0.30 2.5
 cis-DBCA 0.30 1.0
 cis-DCCA 0.30 1.0
 trans-DCCA 0.30 1.0
 MPA 0.30 1.0

Abbreviations: 3-PBA (3-phenoxybenzoic acid); 4-F-3-PBA (4-fluoro-3-phenoxybenzoic acid); cis-DBCA (cis-3-(2,2-dibromovinyl)-2,2-dimethylcy-clopropane carboxylic acid); cis-DCCA (cis-3-(2,2-dichlorovinyl)-2,2-dimethylcyclopropane carboxylic acid); trans-DCCA (trans-3-(2,2-dichlorovinyl)-2,2-dimethylcyclo-propane carboxylic acid; MPA (2-methyl-3-phenylbenzoic acid).