Assessment of pesticide residue on cocoa beans in Ondo State, Nigeria
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Organochlorine pesticide residues in dried cocoa beans obtained from cocoa stores at Ondo and Ile-Ife, Southwestern Nigeria
Levels of organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) were determined in dried cocoa beans obtained from cocoa produce stores at Ondo and Ile-Ife, Southwestern Nigeria. Cocoa beans samples were sun dried to a constant weight, pulverized and soxhlet extracted with dichloromethane to obtain the OCPs. Qualitative identification and quantitative evaluation of the extracted OCPs after clean-up on silica gel we...
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عنوان ژورنال: Brazilian Journal of Biological Sciences
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2358-2731
DOI: 10.21472/bjbs.051031