Built to run hundreds of pesticides in one run, with the utmost sensitivity and efficiency, the QSight Pesticide Analyzer is the only instrument that provides 15% higher throughput than conventional systems.
As part of the complete pesticide solution, the QSight Pesticide Analyzer delivers all the functionality you need in a triple quad solution, plus an array of innovations you won’t find in competitive systems – all in a compact form factor that doesn’t take up valuable bench space.
Innovative technologies:
From initial sample preparation and extraction to analysis and reporting, the QSight Pesticide Analyzer can deliver all the functionality you need for the most efficient high-sensitivity analyses.
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Analysis of Pesticide Residues in Cannabis
Clean, safe cannabis is in high demand. As with many other agricultural products, chemicals like pesticides and antifungals, as well as performance enhancement reagents, have been applied to cannabis to increase yields and reduce attacks from insects and mold. Many of these chemicals and reagents may have harmful effects on humans. In addition, highly complex mixtures of compounds can be generated from smoking, which can interact with the chemicals present in the initial product to form more toxic materials.
Pesticide Testing
Although gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC/MS) has been used for pesticide analysis in cannabis samples, it is not suitable for ionic and polar compounds, especially for compounds that are thermal labile in the GC injection port.
LC/MS/MS is the Technology of Choice
Liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC/MS/MS) has become the method of choice for pesticide analysis due to its high selectivity and sensitivity, as well as its suitability for a wide range of compounds in different sample matrices.
A Method for All Regulated Pesticides
A version of the QuEChERS extraction method provides a simple routine sample preparation procedure.