Th
e f
easibility of d
et
ermining th
e id
entiti
es and kin
etics b
ehavior ofthr
ee p
esticid
es in carrot tissu
eslurri
es using a nov
el on-lin
e HPLC micro
extraction was inv
estigat
ed.Linuron, m
ethylparathion,and m
etolachlor w
er
e add
ed to aqu
eous slurri
es of carrot tissu
eparticl
es small
er than 150
es/
entiti
es/mgr.gif">m.For
each p
esticid
e, th
e solution phas
e and th
e total p
esticid
er
ecov
erabl
e from th
e whol
e slurryconc
entrations w
er
e s
eparat
ely monitor
ed ov
er a 10 day p
eriod.Kin
etics curv
es for thr
ee cat
egori
esof ch
emical sp
eci
es including solution phas
e p
esticid
es, labil
e sorb
edfractions, and unr
ecov
er
edfractions w
er
e obtain
ed. Th
e linuron and m
etolachlor data ar
econsist
ent with th
e commonlyr
eport
ed two-st
ep sorption m
echanism consisting of labil
e sorptionfollow
ed by intraparticl
e diffusion,but th
e m
ethylparathion data r
es
embl
e a combination of labil
e surfac
esorption and solution phas
eand/or surfac
e ch
emical d
ecomposition. It is conclud
ed thatlaboratory t
est m
ethods of this typ
ecould b
e d
ev
elop
ed for ass
essing th
e risk of bound r
esidu
e formation inv
eg
etabl
es.K
eywords: Bound; carrots; HPLC; kin
etics; linuron; m
ethylparathion;m
etolachlor; micro
extraction;sorption; r
esidu
es