Highly efficient and convenient QuEChERS using ZIF-67 derived magnetic nanoporous carbon for determination of carbamate pesticides in various vegetable and fruit samples

Effective and convenient QuEChERS of lipophilic pesticides with wide p K a range from strongly pigment-rich food samples remains a great challenge. Here, ZIF-67 derived magnetic nanoporous carbon (Co@MPC) was firstly proposed for modified QuEChERS of carbamate pesticides ( pK a 4.3–12.3) in various vegetable and fruit samples prior to LC-MS/MS. This sorbent offered superior adsorption capacities of 29.89 mg/g and 22.28 mg/g towards chlorophyll and lutein via π-π and hydrophobic interactions. The present method exhibited acceptable matrix effect of −4.8 %-14.4 %, low detection limits of 0.003–0.02 μg/kg and satisfactory recoveries of 80.2 %–108 % in celery, cabbage, Chinese cabbage, apple, banana and orange samples. 10 mg of Co@MPC enabled highly efficient matrix purification and isolation in 20 s, offering low-cost and facile clean-up process. The study highlighted great potential of Co@MPC as QuEChERS sorbent, and demonstrated its wide applicability and broad application prospects to monitor the contaminants in food items.