Gas Chromatographic Determination of Maleic Hydrazide Residues in Potato Tubers
- 1 November 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of AOAC INTERNATIONAL
- Vol. 66 (6) , 1327-1329
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jaoac/66.6.1327
Abstract
A gas chromatographic (GC) method is described for the determination of maleic hydrazide residues in potato tubers by oxidation of maleic hydrazide with aqueous lead dioxide to 3,6-pyridazinedione in the presence of cyclopentadiene. The reaction product, i volatile Diels-Alder adduct, could be detected in potatoes at levels in excess of 0.05 ppm with an electron capture detector. Recoveries of maleic hydrazide (as the Diels-Alder adduct) from potatoes at fortification levels of 0.1 to 10 ppm averaged 91.7%.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: