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. 2021 Nov 12;10(11):2785. doi: 10.3390/foods10112785

Table 3.

Analytical methods used in glyphosate detection and quantification.

Matrix Extraction Method Analytical Method LOD
(μg/kg)
LOQ
(μg/kg)
References
Honey
Fish
Beef
Sonication with a mixture of acidified water at 1% and methanol (7:3) IC-HRMS nd 43
51
65
[6]
Honey SPE followed by derivatization HPLC-MS/MS nd 1 [19]
Honey Centrifugation with methanol UHPLC-MS/MS nd 50 [79]
Yam Centrifugation followed by derivatization HPLC-MS/MS 40 120 [13]
Yam
Grape
Chickpea
SPE FI-MS/MS nd 500
500
2000
[80]
Fruits and Vegetables Centrifugation with a mixture of water and methanol (1:1) IC-MS/MS 25 nd [81]
Fruits juice
Vegetables
Fruit puree
Centrifugation with acidified methanol UHPLC-MS/MS nd 3 [82]
Grape SPE HPLC-MS/MS 60 190 [83]
Fruits and Vegetables SPE HPLC-MS/MS 1.2 5 [84]
Guava SPE CE-ECL 10 nd [85]
Wheat SPE followed by derivatization FASI-MEKC 30 100 [86]
Rice
Corn
Centrifugation with a mixture of water and acidified methanol at 1% (1:1) HPLC-MS/MS 2
4
10 [87]
Cereals Ultrasonication with water HPLC-MS/MS 20 nd [88]
Soy
Corn
SPE HPLC-MS/MS 140
150
420
450
[89]
Oil Centrifugation with acidified water at 1% HPLC-MS/MS 3.3 10 [43]
Beer SPE HPLC-MS/MS 0.2 0.5 [90]
Several aliments
Several beverages
SPE HPLC-MS/MS 0.3
0.2
1
0.5
[47]
Several aliments SPE followed by derivatization HPLC-MS/MS 1.7 5 [91]

CE-ECL—Capillary Electrophoresis with Electrochemiluminescence. FASI-MEKC—Field-Amplified Sample Injection and Sweeping Micellar Electrokinetic Chromatography. FI-MS/MS—Flow Injection with tandem Mass Spectrometry. HPLC-MS/MS—High Performance Liquid Chromatography-tandem Spectrometry Mass. IC-HRMS—Ion Chromatography with tandem High Resolution Mass Spectrometry. IC-MS/MS—Ion Chromatography with tandem Mass Spectrometry. nd—Not defined. SPE—Solid Phase Extraction. UHPLC-MS/MS—Ultra High Performance Liquid Chromatography with tandem Mass Spectrometry.