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Supel QuE QuEChERS tube

Z-Sep+ Tube, pk of 50, centrifuge tube volume 15 mL , Shaker Compatible

Synonym(s):

QuEChERS

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UNSPSC Code:
41115712
NACRES:
NB.21

product name

Supel QuE, Z-Sep+ Tube, pk of 50, centrifuge tube volume 15 mL , Shaker Compatible

material

polypropylene tube

product line

Supel

composition

Z-Sep+, 500 mg

packaging

pk of 50

technique(s)

QuEChERS: suitable

centrifuge tube volume

15 mL , Shaker Compatible

matrix active group

zirconia-based phase

application(s)

food and beverages

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General description

Dispersive SPE (dSPE), often referred to as the "QuEChERS" method (Quick, Easy, Cheap, Effective, Rugged, and Safe), is modern sample prep technique that is becoming increasingly popular in the area of multi-residue pesticide analysis in food and agricultural products.

Using the QuEChERS method, food/agricultural samples are first extracted with an aqueous miscible solvent (e.g., acetonitrile) in the presence of high amounts of salts (e.g., sodium chloride and magnesium sulfate) and/or buffering agents (e.g. citrate) to induce liquid phase separation and stabilize acid and base labile pesticides, respectively. Upon shaking and centrifugation, an aliquot of the organic phase is subjected to further cleanup using SPE. Unlike traditional methods using SPE tubes, in dispersive SPE, cleanup is facilitated by mixing bulk amounts of SPE (e.g., Supelclean PSA, ENVI-Carb, and/or Discovery DSC-18) with the extract. After sample cleanup, the mixture is centrifuged and the resulting supernatant can either be analyzed directly or can be subjected to minor further treatment before analysis.

Supelco carries a line of vials and centrifuge tubes containing pre-determined amounts of salts and SPE sorbents to support the most common method configurations used today.

Compatibility

Compatible with most QuEChERS shakers.

Other Notes

Supel QuE Z-Sep products enhance sample cleanup for complex matrices by effectively removing more fat and color from sample extracts than traditional phases for QuEChERS methods. By eliminating problematic matrix interferences, Z-Sep products provide more robust LC-MS and GC-MS methods. This proprietary technology can replace C18 and PSA in your current methods without additional method development.

Z-Sep+ is recommended for cleanup of samples containing greater than 15% fat.
Z-Sep/C18 is recommended for cleanup of samples containing less than 15% fat.
Z-Sep is recommended for cleanup of samples prior to analysis of hydrophobic analytes.

Legal Information

Certain uses of this product may be covered by the claims of one or more pending patent applications. For licensing inquiries please contact techserv@sial.com
AOAC is a registered trademark of AOAC International
Supel is a trademark of Sigma-Aldrich Co. LLC

Storage Class Code

11 - Combustible Solids

WGK

nwg

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable


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Ana Lozano et al.
Talanta, 118, 68-83 (2013-11-28)
Two sorbents containing ZrO₂ (Z-Sep and Z-Sep+) were tested as a d-SPE clean-up in combination with the QuEChERS and ethyl acetate multiresidue method in the pesticide residues extraction in avocado. All extracts were analysed using gas chromatography coupled with a
Martina Rejtharová et al.
Food additives & contaminants. Part A, Chemistry, analysis, control, exposure & risk assessment, 35(2), 233-240 (2017-10-06)
A sensitive and robust confirmatory method for determination of steroid esters in blood serum is essential for reliable monitoring of possible illegal use of steroid hormones as growth promoters in meat production. A previously used sample preparation methodology was improved.
Jonatan V Dias et al.
Journal of chromatography. A, 1462, 8-18 (2016-08-11)
The goal of this work was to evaluate the efficiency of several sorbents on removal fats from edible oils (olive, soya and sunflower) during the clean-up step for posterior determination of 165 pesticides by UHPLC-QqQ-MS/MS system. The extraction procedure employed
Piotr Kaczynski et al.
Ecotoxicology and environmental safety, 139, 124-131 (2017-01-28)
Highly toxic insecticides (HTIs) belonging to different chemical groups are dangerous to pollinating organisms, even in sublethal doses. An important objective of this study was to develop a method to determine over fifty HTIs at very low concentrations in the
P Parrilla Vázquez et al.
Journal of chromatography. A, 1426, 161-173 (2015-12-15)
Several clean-up methods were evaluated for 253 pesticides in pollen samples concentrating on efficient clean-up and the highest number of pesticides satisfying the recovery and precision criteria. These were: (a) modified QuEChERS using dSPE with PSA+C18; (b) freeze-out prior to

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Pistachios 45% fat complicates pesticide analysis. But Z-Sep+ sorbent cleanup after QuEChERS extraction can reduce background for reliable results.

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