A magnetic hyperbranched polyamide amine-based quick, easy, cheap, effective, rugged and safe method for the detection of organophosphorus pesticide residues.

Magnetic hyperbranched polyamide amine (MHPA) was successfully prepared and applied as a QuEChERS adsorbent to the gas chromatograph-mass spectrometer (GC-MS) detection of organophosphorus pesticides (OPPs) in orange juice. Abundant in amino types and the structure of hyperbranched organic chains make MHPA to possess the clean-up function integrating classic clean-up agent primary secondary amine (PSA) with C18 modified silica, and the magnetic property makes the operation easier and more time-saving. Compared the performance with classical clean-up agents of PSA and C18, better results were obtained with MHPA as adsorbent for the detection of 11 OPPs. Recoveries ranged from 75.2 to 116.2% with the relative standard deviation (RSD) of 4.1-18.9% and the limit of detection (LOD) of 0.74-8.16 ng/g. Results showed that using MHPA as adsorbent for QuEChERS sample preparation is an effective alternative with simplicity and rapidity.