Detection of Pesticide Residues in Food Using Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy: A Review

• Published in: Journal of agricultural and food chemistry Vol. 65; no. 32; pp. 6719 - 6726
• Main Authors: Xu, Meng-Lei, Gao, Yu, Han, Xiao Xia, Zhao, Bing
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Chemical Society 16.08.2017
• Subjects: chemical structure; Food Analysis - methods; Food Contamination - analysis; food processing; foods; human health; Humans; liquid chromatography; mass spectrometry; pesticide residues; Pesticide Residues - analysis; pesticides; Raman spectroscopy; Spectrum Analysis, Raman - methods; toxic substances; detection; pesticide residue; SERS; semiconductor; food

Pesticides directly pollute the environment and contaminate foods ultimately being absorbed by the human body. Their residues contain highly toxic substances that have been found to cause serious problems to human health even at very low concentrations. The gold standard method, gas/liquid chromatog...