Abstract: A method was developed for the determination of cyflufenamid residue in carrots by solid phase extraction-gas chromatography-negative chemical ionization mass spectrometry (SPE-GC-NCI/MS). Cyflufenamid residue was extracted with ethyl acetate from carrots. The extract was cleaned-up by an active carbon SPE column connected to a neutral alumina SPE column. The analysis was carried out by the GC-NCI/MS with selected ion monitoring mode. The recoveries of cyflufenamid in carrot samples were in the range from 74.9% to 94.6% at four spiked levels, 0.005, 0.01, 0.02, 0.04 mg/kg, and the relative standard deviations (RSD) were less than 9.7% for inter-days. The linearity of the method was good in the range from 10 to 1000 ng/mL, and the limit of detection (LOD) was 0.001 mg/kg, and the limit of quantitation (LOQ) was 0.005 mg/kg. The method is selective without interference and is suitable for the determination and confirmation of cyflufenamid residue in carrots.

Key words: carrot , cyflufenamid, gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS), negative chemical ionization (NCI), solid phase extraction (SPE)