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Table 5 Glyphosate stabilities in urine

From: Optimization and validation of a highly sensitive method for determining glyphosate in human urine by solid-phase extraction and liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry: a methodological study

 

Concentration (μg/L urine)

n

Storage period

% of 0 h

Prepared sample stability

0.67

2

0 h

 

0.67

2

18 h

96

0.67

2

24 h

99

0.67

2

48 h

98

0.67

2

72 h

95

Freeze-thaw stability (three cycles)

0.67

3

 

92

Long-term stability

25 °C

0.67

3

1 week

94

4 °C

0.67

3

1 week

92

 

0.67

3

1 month

105

−80 °C

0.67

3

1 week

105

 

0.67

3

1 month

100

  1. n number of observations