Chromatography

Monitoring pesticide residues in samples with high chlorophyll content, such as leaves, stems, and other green plant tissues, requires meticulous sample preparation. These plant matrices contain not only chlorophyll but also waxes and other co-extractable compounds that can interfere with LC-MS/MS or GC-MS/MS analysis, causing signal suppression, increased background noise, or other analytical interferences. Chlorophyll,…