ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Optimization and Validation
of Kinetic-Spectrophotometric Technique
for the Determination of Pesticide Dicamba
in Infant Baby Foods Using Solid Phase
Extraction Method
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Faculty of Sciences and Mathematics, Department of Chemistry, University of Nis,
Visegradska 33, 18000 Nis, Serbia
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Faculty of Sciences and Mathematics, Department of Chemistry, University of Pristina,
Ivo Lole Ribara 29, Kosovska Mitrovica, Serbia
Submission date: 2020-05-31
Final revision date: 2020-09-07
Acceptance date: 2020-09-08
Online publication date: 2021-01-27
Publication date: 2021-03-08
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Emilija Pecev-Marinković
Faculty of Sciences and Mathematics Department of Chemistry, Visegradska 33, 18000, NIŠ, Serbia
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2021;30(3):2255-2263
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The objective of this paper was to develop and apply the kinetic-spectrophotometric method for the
determination of the pesticide dicamba in infant baby foods available in Serbia. The method is based
on the inhibition effect of dicamba on the oxidation of sulfanilic acid (SA) by hydrogen peroxide in
universal buffer (pH = 9.66) in the presence of Co2+ ion. The reaction was monitored
spectrophotometrically at 368 nm. The HPLC method was used as a comparative method to verify the
results of the kinetic method. Under the experimental conditions proposed, dicamba showed a linear
dynamic range of 0.31 to 3.10 μg mL-1, and from 3.10 to 31.00 μg mL-1 with standard deviation from
1.77 to 4.55 %. Limit of detection and a limit of quantification are 0.101 μg mL-1 and 0.306 μg mL-1,
respectively. The kinetic method was efficiently applied for dicamba determination in baby food samples
after solid phase extraction. This method is highly sensitive, simple, easy to operate, and requires cheap
reagents. It can be successfully used for routine analysis of dicamba in baby food.