[Analysis of metribuzin and its metabolites in livestock products and seafoods by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry].

A method for simultaneous determination of metribuzin (MET) and three metribuzin metabolites in livestock products and seafoods by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) was developed. MET and its metabolites were extracted from a sample with acetonitrile, followed by InertSepC18 and BondElut SAX cartridge cleanup. The LC separation was performed on a C18 column using 0.01 mol/L ammonium formate-acetonitrile-methanol (70 :21 : 9) as the mobile phase and MS detection with both positive and negative ion electrospray ionization. The mean recoveries from 10 livestock products and seafoods were generally >60%, and the relative standard deviations were <20%