Research Article

A High Throughput Method for Measuring Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Seafood Using QuEChERS Extraction and SBSE

Table 2

MSD SIM method conditions; quantifier in bold.

GroupRT1 (min)Ions monitored

12.5(102, 50), (126, 50), (128, 50)
27.6(115, 50), (141, 50), (142, 50)
39.0(151, 20), (152, 20), (153, 20), (154, 20)
410.0(165, 50), (166, 50), (167, 50)
511.5(176, 50), (178, 50), (179, 50)
613.5(200, 50), (202, 50), (203, 50)
715.5(226, 50), (228, 50), (229, 50)
817.4(126, 50), (252, 50), (253, 50)
919.2(138, 20), (139, 20), (276, 20), (277, 20), (278, 20), (279, 20)

Group 1: naphthalene; Group 2: 2-methylnaphthalene; Group 3: acenaphthylene, acenaphthene; Group 4: fluorene; Group 5: phenanthrene, anthracene; Group 6: fluoranthene, pyrene; Group 7: benzoanthracene, chrysene; Group 8: benzofluoranthene, benzofluoranthene, Benzopyrene; Group 9: benzoperylene.
1RT is the retention time for the start of the SIM group window.