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  • Open Access
23 Citations
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18 Pages

Advances in Microfluidics Techniques for Rapid Detection of Pesticide Residues in Food

  • Zhuoao Jiang,
  • Yu Zhuang,
  • Shentian Guo,
  • A. S. M. Muhtasim Fuad Sohan and
  • Binfeng Yin

28 July 2023

Food safety is a significant issue that affects people worldwide and is tied to their lives and health. The issue of pesticide residues in food is just one of many issues related to food safety, which leave residues in crops and are transferred throu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,580 Views
18 Pages

14 January 2023

Aiming at guiding agricultural producers to harvest crops at an appropriate time and ensuring the pesticide residue does not exceed the maximum limit, the present work proposed a method of detecting pesticide residue rapidly by analyzing near-infrare...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,366 Views
16 Pages

Rapid Detection of Pesticide Residues in Leaf Vegetables by SERS Technology

  • Fang Peng,
  • Shuanggen Huang,
  • Qi Chen,
  • Ni Tong and
  • Yan Wu

8 August 2025

Organophosphate pesticides, fungicides, and neonicotinoid insecticides are frequently employed in the cultivation and production of leafy vegetables. The conventional detection methods for these pesticides rely on chromatographic techniques, which ar...

  • Article
  • Open Access
32 Citations
5,969 Views
10 Pages

Rapid Detection of Pesticide Residues in Paddy Water Using Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy

  • Shizhuang Weng,
  • Wenxiu Zhu,
  • Ronglu Dong,
  • Ling Zheng and
  • Fang Wang

26 January 2019

Pesticide residue in paddy water is one of the main factors affecting the quality and safety of rice, however, the negative effect of this residue can be effectively prevented and reduced through early detection. This study developed a rapid detectio...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,828 Views
18 Pages

28 February 2025

With growing consumer concerns about food safety, developing methods for the field-based, non-destructive, and rapid detection of pesticide residues is becoming increasingly critical. This study introduces a field-based, non-destructive, and rapid me...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
3,255 Views
10 Pages

1 October 2021

The purpose of this study was to develop a flexible substrate methylcellulose-decorated silver nanoparticles (MC/Ag NPs) film and explore its application in fruits and vegetables by surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) technology for rapid dete...

  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
4,455 Views
14 Pages

A Fluorescent Molecularly Imprinted Polymer-Coated Paper Sensor for On-Site and Rapid Detection of Glyphosate

  • Meng Wang,
  • Jun Qiu,
  • Chennuo Zhu,
  • Yunyan Hua,
  • Jie Yu,
  • Lulu Jia,
  • Jianhong Xu,
  • Jianlin Li and
  • Qianjin Li

Due to the massive use and abuse of pesticides, practices which have led to serious threats to human health, the research community must develop on-site and rapid detection technology of pesticide residues to ensure food safety. Here, a paper-based f...

  • Review
  • Open Access
71 Citations
8,630 Views
22 Pages

7 August 2020

The excessive use or abuse of pesticides and veterinary drugs leads to residues in food, which can threaten human health. Therefore, there is an extremely urgent need for multi-analyte analysis techniques for the detection of pesticide and veterinary...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
4,031 Views
14 Pages

Pesticides vary in the level of poisonousness, while a conventional rapid test card only provides a general “absence or not” solution, which cannot identify the various genera of pesticides. In order to solve this problem, we proposed a s...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
4,396 Views
14 Pages

A Novel 3D Hierarchical Plasmonic Functional Cu@Co3O4@Ag Array as Intelligent SERS Sensing Platform with Trace Droplet Rapid Detection Ability for Pesticide Residue Detection on Fruits and Vegetables

  • Guanliang Sun,
  • Ning Li,
  • Dan Wang,
  • Guanchen Xu,
  • Xingshuang Zhang,
  • Hongyu Gong,
  • Dongwei Li,
  • Yong Li,
  • Huaipeng Pang and
  • Meng Gao
  • + 1 author

20 December 2021

Rapid and effective detection of pesticide residues from complex surfaces of fruits and vegetables has important significance. Herein, we report a novel three-dimensional (3D) hierarchical porous functional surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) su...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,735 Views
17 Pages

8 November 2021

A convenient and fast multi-residue method for the efficient identification and quantification of 72 pesticides belonging to different chemical classes in red and white grape wines has been developed. The analysis was based on gas chromatography tand...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
3,552 Views
12 Pages

Technology for Rapid Detection of Cyromazine Residues in Fruits and Vegetables: Molecularly Imprinted Electrochemical Sensors

  • Sihua Peng,
  • Aqiang Wang,
  • Yuyang Lian,
  • Jingjing Jia,
  • Xuncong Ji,
  • Heming Yang,
  • Jinlei Li,
  • Shuyan Yang,
  • Jianjun Liao and
  • Shihao Zhou

14 June 2022

Cyromazine is an insect growth regulator insecticide with high selectivity and is widely used in the production and cultivation of fruits and vegetables. In recent years, incidents of excessive cyromazine residues in food have occurred frequently, an...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,308 Views
12 Pages

2 February 2025

Pesticide residues still pose a risk to human health. With the rapid development of rapid testing technology, the levels of different types of pesticide residues in agricultural products can be identified in a shorter period; thus, the safety of food...

  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
4,039 Views
13 Pages

9 March 2021

The excessive pesticide residues in cereals, fruit and vegetables is a big threat to human health, and it is necessary to develop a portable, low-cost and high-precision pesticide residue detection scheme to replace the large-scale laboratory testing...

  • Review
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,386 Views
36 Pages

Innovative Analytical Approaches for Food Pesticide Residue Detection: Towards One Health-Oriented Risk Monitoring

  • Alexandra Andreea Botnaru,
  • Ancuta Lupu,
  • Paula Cristina Morariu,
  • Alin Horatiu Nedelcu,
  • Branco Adrian Morariu,
  • Maria Luisa Di Gioia,
  • Vasile Valeriu Lupu,
  • Oana Maria Dragostin,
  • Ioana-Cezara Caba and
  • Emil Anton
  • + 2 authors

16 September 2025

The increasing use of pesticides in agricultural products raises concerns over food safety. Furthermore, uncontrolled pesticide usage on food products can lead to residual levels that exceed the maximum residue limits (MRLs) and are potentially harmf...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,413 Views
15 Pages

Comparison and Analysis of Several Quantitative Identification Models of Pesticide Residues Based on Quick Detection Paperboard

  • Yao Zhang,
  • Qifu Zheng,
  • Xiaobin Chen,
  • Yingyi Guan,
  • Jingbo Dai,
  • Min Zhang,
  • Yunyuan Dong and
  • Haodong Tang

20 June 2023

Pesticide residues have long been a significant aspect of food safety, which has always been a major social concern. This study presents research and analysis on the identification of pesticide residue fast detection cards based on the enzyme inhibit...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
4,020 Views
12 Pages

Due to the increasing importance of food quality/safety control, there is an imminent need to develop efficient methods for the rapid detection of pesticide residues in agricultural products. Herein, we proposed a simple and rapid detection approach...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,949 Views
9 Pages

25 February 2022

The misuse of pesticides poses a tremendous threat to human health. Excessive pesticide residues have been shown to cause many diseases. Many sensor detection methods have been developed, but most of them suffer from problems such as slow detection s...

  • Article
  • Open Access
48 Citations
4,923 Views
12 Pages

The rapid sampling and efficient collection of target molecules from a real-world surface is fairly crucial for surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) to detect trace pesticide residues in the environment and in agriculture fields. In this work, a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
898 Views
20 Pages

26 July 2025

Increased consumer awareness on food safety has spurred the development of detection techniques for pesticide residues. In this study, a rapid detection card on the basis of enzyme action was developed for the visual detection of pesticides, in which...

  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
3,408 Views
13 Pages

Establishment of an LC-MS/MS Method for the Determination of 45 Pesticide Residues in Fruits and Vegetables from Fujian, China

  • Kunming Zheng,
  • Xiaoping Wu,
  • Jiannan Chen,
  • Jinxing Chen,
  • Wenhao Lian,
  • Jianfeng Su and
  • Lihong Shi

8 December 2022

Pesticide residues in food have become an important factor seriously threatening human health. Therefore, this study was conducted to determine the pesticide residues in fruits and vegetables commonly found in Fujian, China, with the aim of construct...

  • Article
  • Open Access
30 Citations
3,643 Views
14 Pages

11 November 2022

Malathion, phoxim, and thiram are organophosphates and organosulfur pesticides widely used in agricultural products. The residues of these pesticides present a direct threat to human health. Rapid and on-site detection is critical for minimizing such...

  • Article
  • Open Access
94 Citations
8,496 Views
16 Pages

Detection of Pesticide Residue Level in Grape Using Hyperspectral Imaging with Machine Learning

  • Weixin Ye,
  • Tianying Yan,
  • Chu Zhang,
  • Long Duan,
  • Wei Chen,
  • Hao Song,
  • Yifan Zhang,
  • Wei Xu and
  • Pan Gao

30 May 2022

Rapid and accurate detection of pesticide residue levels can help to prevent the harm of pesticide residue. This study used visible/near-infrared (Vis-NIR) (376–1044 nm) and near-infrared (NIR) (915–1699 nm) hyperspectral imaging systems...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,692 Views
11 Pages

24 April 2019

In the study, a new correction method was applied to reduce error during Raman spectral detection on mixed pesticide residue in apples. Combined with self-built pesticide residues detection system by Raman spectroscopy and the application of surface...

  • Review
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,439 Views
35 Pages

Research Advances in Nanosensor for Pesticide Detection in Agricultural Products

  • Li Feng,
  • Xiaofei Yue,
  • Junhao Li,
  • Fangyao Zhao,
  • Xiaoping Yu and
  • Ke Yang

21 July 2025

Over the past few decades, pesticide application has increased significantly, driven by population growth and associated urbanization. To date, pesticide use remains crucial for sustaining global food security by enhancing crop yields and preserving...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,742 Views
13 Pages

18 December 2022

Rapid analysis of components in complex matrices has always been a major challenge in constructing sensing methods, especially concerning time and cost. The detection of pesticide residues is an important task in food safety monitoring, which needs e...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,108 Views
18 Pages

Rapid Screening of 20 Pesticide Residues in Tea by Thermal-Assisted Plasma Ionization–Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry

  • Jiangsheng Mao,
  • Weiqing Zhang,
  • Chao Zhu,
  • Wenjun Zhang,
  • Mengmeng Yan,
  • Hongxia Du,
  • Hongwei Qin and
  • Hui Li

24 September 2025

To achieve rapid screening and semi-quantitative analysis of pesticide residues in mobile laboratories and on-site tea testing, a novel method based on thermal-assisted plasma ionization–time-of-flight mass spectrometry (TAPI-TOF/MS) has been d...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
4,118 Views
17 Pages

This study aimed to develop a simple, high-throughput method based on modified QuEChERS (quick, easy, cheap, effective, rugged, and safe) followed by liquid chromatography quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry (LC-Q-TOF/MS) for the rapid determ...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
823 Views
20 Pages

11 August 2025

This research introduces magnetic molecularly imprinted polymers (MMIPs) as a novel tool for the efficient extraction and detection of pesticide residues in food products. The MMIPs exhibit a notable adsorption capacity ranging from 15.70 to 23.57 mg...

  • Article
  • Open Access
575 Views
18 Pages

Study of Detection of Typical Pesticides in Paddy Water Based on Dielectric Properties

  • Shuanggen Huang,
  • Mei Yang,
  • Junshi Huang,
  • Longwei Shang,
  • Qi Chen,
  • Fang Peng,
  • Muhua Liu,
  • Yan Wu and
  • Jinhui Zhao

9 July 2025

Due to the dramatic increase in pesticide usage and improper application, large amounts of unused pesticides enter the environment through paddy water, causing severe pesticide pollution. To find a rapid method for identifying pesticide types and pre...

  • Article
  • Open Access
28 Citations
13,616 Views
15 Pages

Assessment of Organophosphate and Carbamate Pesticide Residues in Cigarette Tobacco with a Novel Cell Biosensor

  • Sophie Mavrikou,
  • Kelly Flampouri,
  • Georgia Moschopoulou,
  • Olga Mangana,
  • Alexandros Michaelides and
  • Spiridon Kintzios

23 April 2008

The conventional analysis of pesticide residues in analytical commodities, such as tobacco and tobacco products is a labor intensive procedure, since it is necessary to cover a wide range of different chemicals, using a single procedure. Standard ana...

  • Article
  • Open Access
32 Citations
6,205 Views
14 Pages

28 April 2018

Rapid sampling and multicomponent analysis are vital in pesticide residue detection. In this work, we proposed a SERS platform to detect three kinds of pesticides on apple peels simultaneously by a straightforward “press and peel off” met...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,699 Views
14 Pages

Research on Soil Pesticide Residue Detection Using an Electronic Nose Based on Hybrid Models

  • Jianlei Qiao,
  • Yonglu Lv,
  • Yucai Feng,
  • Chang Liu,
  • Yi Zhang,
  • Jinying Li,
  • Shuang Liu and
  • Xiaohui Weng

8 April 2024

At present, the electronic nose has became a new technology for the rapid detection of pesticides. However, the technique may misidentify them for samples that have not been involved in training. Therefore, a hybrid model based on unsupervised and su...

  • Review
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,287 Views
22 Pages

30 July 2025

Pesticide residues in fruits and vegetables pose a serious threat to food safety. Traditional detection methods have defects such as complex operation, high cost, and long detection time. Therefore, it is of great significance to develop rapid, non-d...

  • Review
  • Open Access
64 Citations
11,325 Views
16 Pages

30 December 2014

The large amount of pesticide residues in the environment is a threat to global health by inhibition of acetylcholinesterase (AChE). Biosensors for inhibition of AChE have been thus developed for the detection of pesticides. In line with the rapid de...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,514 Views
13 Pages

A screening method using gas chromatography quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry (GC-QTOF/MS) combined with mini solid-phase extraction (mini-SPE) was established for the quantification and validation of multiclass pesticide residues in tobacc...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
4,185 Views
9 Pages

Novel, sensitive, selective, efficient and portable electrochemical biosensors are needed to detect residual contaminants of the pesticide 1-naphthyl methylcarbamate (carbaryl) in the environment, food, and essential biological fluids. In this work,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
53 Citations
7,652 Views
14 Pages

Rapid Determination of Thiabendazole Pesticides in Rape by Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy

  • Lei Lin,
  • Tao Dong,
  • Pengcheng Nie,
  • Fangfang Qu,
  • Yong He,
  • Bingquan Chu and
  • Shupei Xiao

4 April 2018

Thiabendazole is widely used in sclerotium blight, downy mildew and black rot prevention and treatment in rape. Accurate monitoring of thiabendazole pesticides in plants will prevent potential adverse effects to the Environment and human health. Surf...

  • Article
  • Open Access
26 Citations
3,871 Views
13 Pages

Trace Identification and Visualization of Multiple Benzimidazole Pesticide Residues on Toona sinensis Leaves Using Terahertz Imaging Combined with Deep Learning

  • Pengcheng Nie,
  • Fangfang Qu,
  • Lei Lin,
  • Yong He,
  • Xuping Feng,
  • Liang Yang,
  • Huaqi Gao,
  • Lihua Zhao and
  • Lingxia Huang

Molecular spectroscopy has been widely used to identify pesticides. The main limitation of this approach is the difficulty of identifying pesticides with similar molecular structures. When these pesticide residues are in trace and mixed states in pla...

  • Article
  • Open Access
34 Citations
5,457 Views
11 Pages

Gold Nanoparticle-Coated ZrO2-Nanofiber Surface as a SERS-Active Substrate for Trace Detection of Pesticide Residue

  • Han Lee,
  • Jiunn-Der Liao,
  • Kundan Sivashanmugan,
  • Bernard Haochih Liu,
  • Wei-en Fu,
  • Chih-Chien Chen,
  • Guo Dung Chen and
  • Yung-Der Juang

Trace detection of common pesticide residue is necessary to assure safety of fruit and vegetables, given that the potential health risk to consumers is attributed to the contamination of the sources. A simple, rapid and effective means of finding the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,156 Views
13 Pages

Simultaneous Analysis of 272 Pesticides in Agricultural Products by the QuEChERS Method and Gas Chromatography with Tandem Mass Spectrometry

  • Da-Young Yun,
  • Ji-Yeon Bae,
  • Yoon-Jung Kang,
  • Chae-Uk Lim,
  • Gui-Hyun Jang,
  • Mi-Ok Eom and
  • Won-Jo Choe

The aim of this study is to develop a rapid and accurate method for simultaneous analysis of multi-residue pesticides and conduct pesticide monitoring in agricultural products produced by the production and distribution stage in Korea. The representa...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,163 Views
22 Pages

This study presents the development of a zinc oxide (ZnO) nanorod-based sensor for the detection and quantification of residual pesticides commonly found in tea plantations, with a focus on quinalphos and thiamethoxam. Exploiting the unique electrica...

  • Article
  • Open Access
25 Citations
3,891 Views
17 Pages

13 October 2020

The pesticide residues in agri-foods are threatening people’s health. This study aims to establish a fast and low-cost surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) method for the on-site detection of flumetsulam in wheat. The two-step modified conc...

  • Article
  • Open Access
41 Citations
5,106 Views
13 Pages

Feasibility of Using VIS/NIR Spectroscopy and Multivariate Analysis for Pesticide Residue Detection in Tomatoes

  • Araz Soltani Nazarloo,
  • Vali Rasooli Sharabiani,
  • Yousef Abbaspour Gilandeh,
  • Ebrahim Taghinezhad,
  • Mariusz Szymanek and
  • Maciej Sprawka

21 January 2021

The purpose of this work was to investigate the detection of the pesticide residual (profenofos) in tomatoes by using visible/near-infrared spectroscopy. Therefore, the experiments were performed on 180 tomato samples with different percentages of pr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,076 Views
21 Pages

Screening of 258 Pesticide Residues in Silage Using Modified QuEChERS with Liquid- and Gas Chromatography-Quadrupole/Orbitrap Mass Spectrometry

  • Yujie Xie,
  • Xingqiang Wu,
  • Yanling Song,
  • Yini Sun,
  • Kaixuan Tong,
  • Xiaoxuan Yu,
  • Chunlin Fan and
  • Hui Chen

A method for the simultaneous screening of 258 pesticide residues in silage using modified QuEChERS combined with liquid chromatography (LC)- and gas chromatography (GC)- quadrupole-Orbitrap mass spectrometry (Q-Orbitrap/MS) has been developed. After...

  • Article
  • Open Access
28 Citations
4,505 Views
13 Pages

Spatiotemporal Visualization of Insecticides and Fungicides within Fruits and Vegetables Using Gold Nanoparticle-Immersed Paper Imprinting Mass Spectrometry Imaging

  • Run Qin,
  • Ping Li,
  • Mingyi Du,
  • Lianlian Ma,
  • Yudi Huang,
  • Zhibin Yin,
  • Yue Zhang,
  • Dong Chen,
  • Hanhong Xu and
  • Xinzhou Wu

Food safety issues caused by pesticide residue have exerted far-reaching impacts on human daily life, yet the available detection methods normally focus on surface residue rather than pesticide penetration to the internal area of foods. Herein, we de...

  • Article
  • Open Access
23 Citations
5,095 Views
14 Pages

Rapid Quantitative Determination of Multiple Pesticide Residues in Mango Fruits by Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy

  • Uyen Thu Pham,
  • Quynh Huong Thi Phan,
  • Linh Phuong Nguyen,
  • Phuong Duc Luu,
  • Tien Duy Doan,
  • Ha Thu Trinh,
  • Cuc Thi Dinh,
  • Tai Van Nguyen,
  • Toan Quoc Tran and
  • Duy Xuan Le
  • + 3 authors

22 February 2022

Imidacloprid, acephate, and carbaryl are common insecticides that are extensively used in planting mango, a well-known fruit in Vietnam, to ease mango hopper issues. The accurate detection of pesticide residues is critical for mango export to meet qu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
3,766 Views
16 Pages

7 September 2020

With the increase in demand, artificially planting Chinese medicinal materials (CHMs) has also increased, and the ensuing pesticide residue problems have attracted more and more attention. An optimized quick, easy, cheap, effective, rugged and safe (...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
2,975 Views
17 Pages

1 December 2022

Pesticide residues directly or indirectly threaten the health of humans and animals. We need a rapid and nondestructive method for the safety evaluation of fruits. In this study, the feasibility of visible/near-infrared (Vis/NIR) spectroscopy technol...

  • Review
  • Open Access
53 Citations
7,789 Views
33 Pages

Recent Advances in Nanomaterial-Based Biosensors for Pesticide Detection in Foods

  • Ana Carolina de Morais Mirres,
  • Brenno Enrique Pereira de Matos da Silva,
  • Leticia Tessaro,
  • Diego Galvan,
  • Jelmir Craveiro de Andrade,
  • Adriano Aquino,
  • Nirav Joshi and
  • Carlos Adam Conte-Junior

27 July 2022

Biosensors are a simple, low-cost, and reliable way to detect pesticides in food matrices to ensure consumer food safety. This systematic review lists which nanomaterials, biorecognition materials, transduction methods, pesticides, and foods have rec...

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