ABSTRACT
Because of the growing awareness of the detrimental influence of pesticides and their residues on the environment and human health, there has been an increase in the number of papers that analyze their separation and isolation from water, soil, food, and biological material. Numerous analytical techniques have been developed with chromatography in the forefront. Although gas chromatography (GC) and high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) are still the leading chromatographic techniques, thin-layer chromatography (TLC) is being used more frequently in the analysis of pesticides, thanks to modified stationary phases, optimization of mobile phases, and modern apparatus for developing chromatograms and for quantification. The growing use of efficacious techniques for the separation and isolation of pesticides from complex sample matrices is contributing to the success of thin-layer chromatography.
