Method used Concentration (ppm) SPE Efficiency % Recovery Average Recovery (%) % a.i. in formulation Average a.i. in formulation
Standard pure compound 2 98.66 ± 0.03 - - - -
1 98.30 ± 0.2
0.5 98.02 ± 0.09
Ethyl acetate* 2 - 86.37 ± 2.13 80.04 9.67 ± 1.43 9.353 ± 1.43
1 79.24 ± 4.33 9.36 ± 1.05
0.5 74.53 ± 4.56 9.03 ± 0.91
Methanol# 2 - 96.98 ± 0.21 94.03 10.01 ± 0.03 9.966 ± 0.072
1 94.10 ± 0.01 9.98 ± 0.15
0.5 91.00 ± 0.12 9.83 ± 0.19
Water# 2 - 96.56 ± 0.34 93.05 9.95 ± 0.2 9.883 ± 0.094
1 93.51 ± 0.30 9.87 ± 0.31
0.5 89.08 ± 0.46 9.82 ± 0.22
* Indirect method (LLE)
# Direct method (SPE)
Table 1: Recovery of clopyralid from standard and different methods