Administering pesticide assays in in vivo-implanted biosensors

作者:Ly Suw Young*; Jung Young Sam; Lee Chang Hyun; Lee Bang Won
来源:Australian Journal of Chemistry, 2008, 61(10): 826-832.
DOI:10.1071/CH08028

摘要

An analytical pesticide assay of O-ethyl-O-4-(nitrophenyl) phenyl phosphonothioate (EPN) was carried out using the following: a carbon nanotube paste electrode, a mercury-immobilized carbon nanotube paste electrode, a glassy carbon electrode, a metal-gold electrode, and a DNA-immobilized carbon nanotube paste electrode (DPE), which is two-fold more sensitive than other sensors. The DPE was optimized using cyclic and square wave stripping voltammetry. Linear working ranges approached 5-55 mg L(-1) EPN and the nano-range of 10-210 ng L(-1) in a 0.1 mol L(-1) NH(4)H(2)PO(4) electrolyte solution, with a speedy analytical time of 30-s stripping. The detection limit was 2.57 ng L(-1) (7.94 x 10(-12) mol L(-1)), and the precision was 0.102% relative standard deviation (n = 15) at the 10.0 mg L(-1) EPN spike. This indicates that the method is more sensitive than common voltammetric methods. This method was applied to fruit samples using patch- and needle-type electrodes, specifically on the skin tissues of an orange and an apple. Moreover, the implanted electrode was interfaced with a fish brain cell at the electrochemical workstation. Results showed that the aforementioned method can be used to conduct a pesticide assay in neuro-treated and non-treated cell systems.

  • 出版日期2008