Aktas, SerafettinAminzai, Mohammad TahirTegin, IbrahimYabalak, ErdalAcar, Orhan2024-12-242024-12-2420240960-31231369-1619https://doi.org/10.1080/09603123.2023.2254720https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12604/6955Pesticides are dangerous chemicals that can harm to people and the environment when applied inappropriately or in excess. In this research, various pesticide residues were investigated in 48 pepper samples using liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS). All samples were collected randomly in two periods of time (September and December) from markets and greengrocers in four provinces (Siirt, Mardin, Diyarbakir, and Batman). Considering the means of the first and second periods, diclofop-methyl had the highest concentration of 29.4 & PLUSMN; 7.7 & mu;g kg-1, and diazinon had the lowest of 21.1 & PLUSMN; 4.6 & mu;g kg-1. Based on the maximum residue limits (MRLs) of pesticides specified in the Turkish Food Codex, pyrimethanil, bupirimate, and diclofop-methyl were found to be below the maximum acceptable residue limit, while pyridaphention, dinoseb, diazinon, and pirimiphos-methyl were found to be above the limit. Thus, the current study demonstrated the potential of LC-MS/MS as a crucial technique for accurate measurements and confirmations of pesticides in different pepper varieties.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessPesticidespepperhealth hazardsLC-MS/MSfood monitoring, maximum residue limitsArticle34624912503Q2WOS:001058866400001Q12-s2.0-851698853383766800110.1080/09603123.2023.2254720