Pesticide Content Investigations of Alphonso Mangos

Authors

  • Suhas G. Patil  Department of Chemistry, S. R. M. Mahavidyalaya, Kudal, Sindhudurg, Maharashtra, India
  • Ravindra Y. Thakur  Department of Botany, S. R. M. Mahavidyalaya, Kudal, Sindhudurg, Maharashtra, India
  • Umesh K. Samant  Finolex Academy of Management and Technology, Ratnagiri, Maharashtra, India

Keywords:

MRL, Organochlorines, Organophosphorous, Synthetic Pyrethroids, Triazines, Pyrimidines, Triazoles, Imidazole, Oxazole, Pthalimide, Benzimidazole, Nicotinoids, Aliphatic nitrogen fungicides, Morpholine, Natural product derivatives, Substituted Thiourea, Benzoylphenyl Urea, Strobilurin, Phenyl Pyrazole, Pyrazole, Nitrophenyl Ether, Dithiocarbamates

Abstract

In the present investigation an attempt has been made to determine the pesticide residues in ripened Alphonso mango fruits samples from Devgad and Vengurle region of the Sindhudurg district, Maharashtra, India. The samples were tested for ninety-eight different pesticides from twenty four chemical groups such as Organochlorines, Organophosphorous, Synthetic Pyrethroids, Triazines, Pyrimidines, Triazoles, Imidazole, Oxazole, Pthalimide, Benzimidazole, Nicotinoids, Aliphatic nitrogen fungicides, Morpholine, Natural product derivatives, Substituted Thiourea, Benzoylphenyl Urea, Strobilurin, Phenyl Pyrazole, Pyrazole, Nitrophenyl Ether, Dithiocarbamates and others. The result shows that almost for all the pesticides, their residue level in the pulp of Alphonso mango is below limit of quantification except Carbendazim which is 0.13 mg/kg but still below MRL i.e. 0.5mg/kg. This shows that pesticides residues in ripened Alphonso mangos from Devgad and Vengurle region are in very traces and are below MRL, therefore the fruits are safe for consumption.

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Suhas G. Patil, Ravindra Y. Thakur, Umesh K. Samant, " Pesticide Content Investigations of Alphonso Mangos, International Journal of Scientific Research in Science and Technology(IJSRST), Online ISSN : 2395-602X, Print ISSN : 2395-6011, Volume 4, Issue 4, pp.127-134, March-April-2018.