LC System—QSight® LX-50 LC (PerkinElmer, Shelton, CT).
MS system——QSight™ 420 MS/MS detector with ESI and APCI source with HSID interface and Simplicity 3Q™ software platform (PerkinElmer, Shelton, CT).
LC Column—Quasar SP Pesticides C18, 100 mm long, 4.6 mm ID, 2.7 μm particle size, and particle is superficially porous (PerkinElmer, Shelton, CT).
Mixer—analog vortex mixer (VWR, Radnor, PA).
Centrifuge—Eppendorf centrifuge 5430 (Eppendorf Co. Ltd).
Polypropylene centrifuge tubes—15 mL and 50 mL (PerkinElmer, Shelton CT).
Glass volumetric flasks—50 mL (VWR, Radnor, PA).
Syringes—3-mL plastic syringes with Luer lock (Becton Dickinson, Fingerlakes, NJ).
Filter—Nylon syringe filter, diameter 30 mm, 0.22 μm pore size (PerkinElmer, Shelton, CT).
LC vials—2-mL amber glass (PerkinElmer, Shelton, CT).