Research Article

Transfer of Organochlorine Pesticide Residues during Household and Industrial Processing of Ginseng

Table 2

Results of the method validation study, including retention time, correlation coefficients, LOQs, and recoveries.

PesticideRT (min)Correlation coefficients (r2)Liquid sample (μg/L)Solid sample (mg/kg)Recovery and precision (n = 3)
Average (%) ± SD
LOQ (S/N = 10)LOD (S/N = 3)LOQ (S/N = 10)LOD (S/N = 3)Liquid sampleSolid sample

Hexachlorobenzene (HCB)4.8310.050.020.0020.000670.3 ± 2.783.4 ± 10.7
α-BHC5.340.99990.020.010.0020.000685.6 ± 5.391.9 ± 10.9
Pentachloronitrobenzene (PCNB)5.540.99980.080.020.0040.001279.4 ± 5.797.1 ± 14.9
γ-BHC5.900.99990.020.010.0010.000371.5 ± 4.0106.9 ± 11.6
δ-BHC7.340.99990.120.040.0020.000682.1 ± 6.083.9 ± 4.7