Enzyme immunoassay for atrazine analysis in water and soil

✍ Scribed by Amin, Md. Ruhul; Malek, M. A.; Rahman, Mostafizur; Hoque, Enamul

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1998
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 370 KB
• Volume: 52
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1526-498X
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-9063(199802)52:2<152::aid-ps676>3.0.co;2-m

✦ Synopsis

Enzyme immunoassay (EIA) has been tested for the detection of atrazine in soil and water. EIA kits and atrazine-fortiÐed samples were received from the International Atomic Energy Agency. Atrazine concentrations of about 0É01 kg litre~1 could be detected and the central detection point was found at about 0É15 kg litre~1 which is a reasonably sensitive region for atrazine. A validation study with spiked local water samples yielded acceptable results. No treatment was required for water samples. Extraction of atrazine from soil was done by simple shaking with methanol without any clean-up steps. Detection limits of 1 ] 10~2 kg litre~1 for water and 5 ] 10~3 kg kg~1 for soil were achieved.

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