TY - GEN A1 - Mekonnen, Tessema Fenta T1 - Simulation of metabolic transformation products of pesticides by EC-LC-MS N2 - Among major food contaminants agrochemicals (including insecticides, fungicides and herbicides) are a threat for food safety in many countries. Once they entered the food chain or the environment, the parent compound can be transformed into different products by manmade and natural processes. The transformation products (TPs) might be more toxic and stable than the parent compound. In addition to this the transformation products might undergo conjugation with different compounds and/or changed to phase II metabolites. Conventional in-vivo or in-vitro methods to study phase I and II metabolism have drawbacks of long-time sample preparation and matrix complexity. Online coupling of an electrochemical cell with liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (EC–LC–MS) is a promising technique to study metabolites, fate and transformation products of pesticides. The new approach enables to identify metabolic transformation products by oxidizing analyte of interest on the EC, separate the metabolites on HPLC and identifying them by MS. The aim of the present study is to identify/mimic pesticides phase I metabolites using electrochemical cell coupled to liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (EC-LC-MS). Metabolic transformed products of two model compounds, fluopyram (fungicide) and chlorpyrifos (insecticide) were studied by EC upfront with MS. The results of EC-LC-MS are compared and discussed with those derived from in-vitro assays and the metabolites identified by LC-MS/MS. T2 - ISEAC39- International Conference Series on Environmental & Food Monitoring CY - Hamburg, Germany DA - 19.07.2016 KW - Metabolic transformation KW - Pesticides KW - EC-MS PY - 2016 UR - https://opus4.kobv.de/opus4-bam/frontdoor/index/index/docId/36953 AN - OPUS4-36953 AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany