{"id":4202,"date":"2020-03-13T15:57:39","date_gmt":"2020-03-13T15:57:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/?p=4202"},"modified":"2020-04-01T13:44:10","modified_gmt":"2020-04-01T12:44:10","slug":"mip2sensors-detecting-and-quantifying-pesticides-in-olive-oil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/mip2sensors-detecting-and-quantifying-pesticides-in-olive-oil\/4202\/","title":{"rendered":"MIP2Sensors: detecting and quantifying pesticides in olive oil"},"content":{"rendered":"
Olive oil (OO) production plays a crucial role within the national economy of Mediterranean countries, including Portugal. To avoid possible losses at harvest or in production, several pesticides are applied to olive groves \u2013 namely organophosphorus and pyrethroids insecticides. To ensure consumer safety, the levels of pesticide residues in OO must be monitored with accurate methodologies. Previously, a tedious and laborious step of sample preparation was mandatory in order to pre-concentrate\/isolate the target pesticide. Standard methods for this quantification are based on the chromatographic techniques \u2018High Performance Liquid Chromatography\u2019 (HPLC) and \u2018Gas Chromatography\u2019(GC), coupled to mass spectrometry (MS). The development of more sensitive, selective and automated techniques for pesticide testing in OO is highly warranted \u2013 our research group has been following a path in order to achieve this challenging goal.<\/p>\n