Development of a Xanthine Oxidase Modified Amperometric Electrode for the Determination of the Antioxidant Capacity

This paper describes the development of a xanthine oxidase/poly‐m‐phenylenediamine (XOD‐PPD)‐modified electrode. The biosensor was constructed by encapsulating XOD in a sol‐gel matrix deposited onto a platinum based screen‐printed electrode functionalized with a permselective PPD membrane. The hydrogen peroxide generated as a final product of the enzymatic reaction between the hypoxanthine and the XOD or by the spontaneous dismutation of superoxide radicals was selectively monitored at +700 mV. The use of a highly selective PPD layer blocked the nonspecific oxidation of other oxidizable molecules. Finally the biosensor was applied to the determination of the antioxidant capacity of acetylsalicylic acid.     

Comparative Study of the Determination of Parabens in Shampoos by Liquid Chromatography with Amperometric and Coulometric Detection

The simultaneous determination of four para‐hydroxybenzoic acid esters (parabens) in shampoos was studied by liquid chromatography (LC) with amperometric (LC‐AD) and coulometric (LC‐CD) detection. The parabens were separated on an ODS C18 reversed column by isocratic elution with a mobile phase based on methanol‐0.1 M acetic acid (60 : 40%, v/v) with 0.02 M NaClO₄ at a flow rate of 0.8 mL min^?1. The limit of detection (S/N>3) for the analytes was in the 15–25 pg (injected mass) range at an applied potential of 1.20 V vs. Ag/AgCl using the LC‐AD and in the 2–3 pg range at a potential of 0.790 V vs. Pd using the LC‐CD. The peak ratio of the internal standard peak (IS: 4‐hydroxybenzoic acid sec‐butyl ester) versus the analyte peak was found to be related to the amount injected from 0.1 ng to 100ng (r=0.996–0.999) with the LC‐AD and from 0.050 ng to 100 ng range (r=0.999–1.000) with the LC‐CD. The relative standard deviation (RSD, n=10) was comprised between 1.8 to 3.5% by LC‐AD ( 5 ng injected) and between 2.0 to 2.4% by LC‐CD (0.5 ng injected). The determination of four most used parabens in ten different shampoos was successfully realized.     

Electrochemical Determination of the Antioxidant Capacity: The Ceric Reducing/Antioxidant Capacity (CRAC) Assay

The CRAC assay is a direct electron transfer test of antioxidant capacity for several organic compounds. The ability of eight different compounds in reducing Ce⁴⁺ was studied by chronoamperometric measurements of the remaining Ce³⁺ species. The following antioxidant classification was observed: tannic acid quercetin>rutin>gallic acid≈catechin>ascorbic acid>BHA>Trolox. These results agree with others already published and a good correlation (R²=0.937) was found with the classical spectrophotometric FRAP assay. The CRAC assay is simple, fast, free from sample pretreatment and applicable to nontransparent samples.     

Nanoemulsions for the Determination of the Antioxidant Capacity of Oils by an Electrochemical Method

The paper describes a rapid and simple method for the evaluation of the antioxidant capacity in oil in water nanoemulsion. This procedure does not require extensive sample treatment and, most important, does not use any organic solvent for dissolution of the fatty matrix. The nanoemulsions were directly injected in a flow injection (FI) system with an electrochemical detector equipped with a glassy carbon working electrode operating amperometrically at a potential of +0.8 V (vs. Ag/AgCl). Results obtained were compared with those obtained by the Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity (ORAC) assay.     

Nitrogen-doped TiO2 Nanocrystals for Highly Sensitive Electrochemical Immunoassay of Carcinoembryonic Antigen

Nitrogen-doped TiO₂ nanocrystals (N−TiO₂ NCs) were simply synthesized and then functionalized with streptavidin for highly sensitive electrochemical immunoassay of tumor marker. Scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, static water contact angle, and cyclic voltametric measurement were adapted to examine the properties of N−TiO₂ NCs and resultant immunosensor. The functionalized N−TiO₂ NCs sensing platform shows high electrochemical conductivity, large surface area and excellent hydrophilicity. The features make them to produce high current response, capture more antibody molecules, and maintain the bioactivity of immobilized antibodies. By means of carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) as model tumor marker, a wide linear range of 0.005–3 ng/mL and a low detection limit of 0.005 ng/mL (signal-to-noise ratio of 3) were achieved by the proposed CEA immunosensor. Furthermore, the resultant CEA immunosensor displays high specificity and was employed to determine CEA in clinical serum samples.     

Assessment of the Antioxidant Capacity of Standard Compounds and Fruit Juices by a Newly Developed Electrochemical Method: Comparative Study with Results from Other Analytical Methods

The antioxidant capacity (AOC) of some standard compounds and commercial beverages was determined using an electroanalytical method which measures the OH radical scavenging ability (OH‐RSC). It is based on the degradation of a thin polyphenol film electrodeposited on glassy carbon following the attack by OH radicals produced by hydrogen peroxide photolysis. The degradation is prevented in presence of increasing concentrations of antioxidants. The same samples were also analyzed by DPPH, ABTS, and ORAC assays. The OH‐RSC method provided AOC values highly correlated with those resulting from the application of ORAC assay for both juices (R=0.90) and standard antioxidants (R=0.96).     

Electroanalytical Approach to Evaluate Antioxidant Capacity in Honeys: Proposal of an Antioxidant Index

A novel electrochemical route to estimate the antioxidant capacity in honey samples is proposed just using flow injection analysis. The analytical strategy involved the selective oxidation of polyphenolic compounds using two different target potentials, +0.8 and +0.5 V, at two different pHs. An oxidation current obtained at the fixed potential was used as an analytical guide of the antioxidant activity of the target honeys. Chemometrics (correlation and principal component analysis, PCA) demonstrated the significance of the electrochemical protocol versus the traditional spectrophotometric ones in the evaluation of antioxidant capacity and revealed the role of detection potential as a screening variable. The proposed protocol is very simple and fast. However, the most relevant merit of the electrochemical procedure is its inherent versatility which allows the evaluation of the antioxidant activity under predesigned controlled oxidation conditions. In addition, since intercept was statistically zero, its corresponding antioxidant content using just a calibration factor is proposed thus simplifying the calibration‐analysis process. As a result, an electrochemical antioxidant index (EAI) is proposed.     

Direct Electrochemical Sensing and Detection of Natural Antioxidants and Antioxidant Capacity in Vitro Systems

This review highlights the role of electrochemical approaches in the sensing of antioxidants and their antioxidant capacity with especial attention to the analytical possibilities of electrochemistry in the direct evaluation of antioxidant capacity exhibited by food and biological samples due to the termed dietary, natural or biological antioxidants (mainly polyphenols, and vitamins C and E). The analytical potency of the electrochemistry is comprehensively stated and the selected results found in the literature are summarized and discussed critically. The main electrochemical approaches used have been cyclic voltammetry (CV) and flow injection analysis with amperometric detection (FIA‐ED). In addition, miniaturization is going to break new frontiers in the evaluation of antioxidant activity.     

测定血红蛋白的一种电化学分析方法

血红蛋白可以在微裸银电极上的得到电流响应。蛋白质溶液中加入适量的十二烷基硫酸钠，血红蛋白峰电流明显增大，峰形对称，可直接用于血红蛋白的分析测定，实验发现，在５．０×１０＾－７－－５．０×１０＾－８ｍｏｌ／Ｌ浓度范围，血红蛋白经峰电流与其呈正比，用于人体血样中血红蛋白的测定与光度法结果一致。     

基于丝网印刷电极的甲胎蛋白电化学免疫传感器

报道了一种基于金纳米粒子(AuNPs)双重信号放大的高灵敏电化学免疫传感器,并应用于肝癌标志物甲胎蛋白(AFP)的检测。通过在丝网印刷电极(SPE)表面电沉积AuNPs提高电极的重现性,利用AuNPs的吸附作用固定AFP抗体,用于捕获样品中的待测AFP抗原,并进一步与固定了辣根过氧化物酶(HRP)标记检测抗体的纳米金免疫探针发生特异性结合,所形成的夹心免疫复合物可以催化底物得到响应电流。用扫描电镜(SEM)和微分脉冲伏安法(DPV)等技术研究电极组装过程以及电极的化学性质,讨论了影响免疫传感器性能的因素。在最优实验条件下,传感器的峰电流信号与AFP浓度在2.5~30ng/mL范围内呈良好的线性关系,检出限为0.16ng/mL。该传感器具有灵敏度高、成本低、仪器体积小的优点,具有较好的应用前景。     

Electrochemical Method to Quantify Antioxidants Employing Cupric Reducing Antioxidant Capacity,CUPRAC

CUPRAC is a method used to determine antioxidants quantifying the chromophore [Cu(Nc)₂]⁺, generated upon increases of added antioxidants to a Cu(II) containing solution. In this work, an electrochemical alternative to quantify this complex is presented using cyclic voltammetry and chronoamperometry, compared with the classical spectroscopic determinations by UV-Vis. The final results show that the analysis performed by electrochemical methodologies is statistically similar, affording an efficient determination the total antioxidant capacity.     

基于Fe3O4@Ag壳核结构磁性纳米复合物的对杀螟硫磷的电化学传感

制备一种壳核结构的Fe3O4@Ag磁性纳米粒子,将该纳米粒子通过壳聚糖（CS）修饰在玻碳电极（GCE）表面,制备了对杀螟硫磷有灵敏电化学传感的Fe3O4@Ag/CS/GCE。应用透射电镜（TEM）和紫外可见光谱（UV-VIS）,对Fe3O4@Ag纳米粒子进行表征。运用电化学交流阻抗（EIS）、循环伏安法（CV）和时间电流法（I-T）来研究杀螟硫磷电化学特性。研究发现,在1.74×10-7～3.27×10–4 mol/L浓度范围内,该传感器可以实现对杀螟硫磷的快速检测,检测限为5.7×10-8 mol/L（S/N=3）     

Ti/PbO2和Ti/Ru-Ti-Sn氧化物涂层电极上苯酚的电化学氧化和降解

用紫外-可见光谱（UV-Vis）研究了Ti／PbO2和Ti/Ru-Ti-Sn三元氧化物涂层电极对苯酚的电化学氧化及其中间产物的影响,通过高效液相色谱（HPLC）方法检测了苯二酚的生成,结果表明,苯酚的电化学氧化和降解是羟基化产物对苯二酚和邻苯二酚进一步氧化的结果。     

苯甲酸-Fenton体系荧光法测定中草药抗氧化活性

利用Feton体系产生羟自由基,能与苯甲酸反应生成具有强荧光的产物,加入抗氧化剂可有效清除羟自由基,导致体系荧光强度降低.据此建立了筛选抗氧化剂的荧光新体系.应用所建立的方法测定了葛根、吴茱萸和黄连三种常见中草药的抗氧化活性.结果表明,当中草药的浓度为0.4 mg(dry weight)/mL时,葛根、吴茱萸、黄连对羟...     

基于纳米TiO2的化学发光法检测核黄素

纳米TiO2与NaOH溶液作用能产生化学发光辐射,在表面活性剂十六烷基三甲基溴化铵(CTAB)的存在下,核黄素的加入能增强纳米TiO2-NaOH溶液的化学发光强度。基于此,构建了纳米TiO2-NaOH溶液化学发光新体系,建立了纳米TiO2-NaOH-核黄素体系检测核黄素的化学发光新方法。在优化实验条件下,核黄素质量浓度在5.0×10-6～3.5×10-4g/mL范围内与化学发光强度呈良好的线性关系,检出限为3.0×10-6g/mL,对2.5×10-5g/mL的核黄素进行11次平行测定,相对标准偏差为2.9%。该方法用于维生素B2片剂的测定,其结果与药典方法测得一致。该文同时对化学发光反应的机理进行了初步探讨。     

树状桥联半受阻酚类抗氧剂的合成与抗氧化性能

从端基为胺基树状大分子出发, 合成了一种具有多个半受阻酚抗氧化基团、 结构对称的树状桥联半受阻酚类抗氧剂. 元素分析、 傅里叶变换红外光谱(FTIR)、 氢核磁共振波谱(¹H NMR)、 质谱(MS)和冰点降低法证实合成的树状桥联半受阻酚类抗氧剂的化学结构与理论结构一致, 纯度较高. 采用1,1-二苯基-2-苦基肼(DPPH)法和差热扫描量热(DSC)法研究了树状桥联半受阻酚类抗氧剂的抗氧化性能, 并与相应的树状桥联全受阻酚类抗氧剂进行了对比. 研究结果表明, 树状桥联半受阻酚类抗氧剂清除DPPH自由基的活性不仅与清除体系中抗氧剂的浓度有关, 而且与清除时间有关; 清除时间为30 min时的抗氧化能力是清除时间为400 min时抗氧化能力的近2倍. 树状桥联半受阻酚类抗氧剂的半受阻效应使其在DPPH体系和HDPE树脂中的抗氧化能力均优于其相应的树状桥联全受阻酚类抗氧剂.     

Flavonoids in Selected Mediterranean Fruits: Extraction,Electrochemical Detection and Total Antioxidant Capacity Evaluation

Flavonoids are natural phenolic derivatives that, in low concentration, can provide health benefits by preventing biomolecules (proteins, nucleic acids, lipids, sugars) oxidative damage through free radical mediated reactions. The flavonoids, in selected Mediterranean seasonal fruits: apricot, sour cherry, plum, pomegranate, date, prickly pear (cactus fruit), and nectarine, by RP‐HPLC, coupled with photodiode array and electrochemical detectors, after microwave‐ultrasound assisted extraction, using flavonoid standards, were detected. The total antioxidant capacity in the lyophilized fruit extracts, by differential pulse voltammetry, (electrochemical index‐EI), integrated peak area, and chronoamperometry, was evaluated. In the lyophilized fruit extracts, and the catechin standard, the free radical scavenger efficient concentration (EC₅₀), using DPPH^. assay, was determined.     

Polymethacrylate Colorimetric Sensor for Evaluation of Total Antioxidant Capacity

A new colorimetric sensor using an immobilized chromogenic redox reagent was devised for measuring the total antioxidant level in a liquid sample without requiring sample pretreatment. The reagent, Fe(III) – 1,10-phenanthroline (Fe(III)-phen), was immobilized into a polymethacrylate matrix (PMM), and the absorbance changes associated with the formation of the highly colored Fe(II)-phen chelate as a result of reaction with antioxidants was measured at 510 nm. The developed optical sensor was used to screen total antioxidant capacity of some black and green teas, red and white wines.     

Fe2V4O13 Nanoparticles Based Electrochemical Sensor for the Simultaneous Determination of Guanine and Adenine at Nanomolar Concentration

A simple strategy has been proposed for the simultaneous quantification of guanine (GU) and adenine (AD) using Fe₂V₄O₁₃ nanoparticles (Fe₂V₄O₁₃ NPs) modified carbon paste electrode (Fe₂V₄O₁₃NPs/CPE) in phosphate buffer solution (PBS). The Fe₂V₄O₁₃ NPs were prepared by a simple solution combustion method where sucrose was used as a fuel. The electrochemical behavior of GU and AD at the electrochemical interface has been studied by using cyclic voltammetry (CV) and differential pulse stripping voltammetry (DPSV). The results illustrate that the Fe₂V₄O₁₃ NPs shows enhanced electrocatalytic activity and voltammetric response towards GU and AD. The proposed sensor showed linearity between the concentration 0.5 and 60 μM with limit of detection (LOD) 32 and 37 nM for GU and AD respectively. The sensitivity towards GU and AD were respectively found to be 1.393 and 1.851 μA/μM. Further, the proposed electrochemical sensor has been successfully employed to determine GU and AD contents in milk powder and calf thymus DNA samples.     

基于还原石墨烯/纳米银复合材料的电化学传感器测定双酚A

石墨烯特有的褶皱层状结构以及银纳米粒子良好的催化性能,使其在电化学方面具有良好的应用潜能.本研究以柠檬酸钠为还原剂,通过水热反应原位制备出还原石墨烯/纳米银复合材料(rGO/AgNPs),用于修饰玻碳电极,研究了双酚A的电化学行为.循环伏安法(CV)和方波伏安法(SWV)的实验结果表明,双酚A可以在rGO/AgNPs修饰电极表面发生快速的氧化还原反应,基于此实现了对双酚A的高灵敏检测.在最优条件下,双酚A的氧化峰电流与其浓度在0.1~40.0μmol/L范围内呈良好的线性关系(r2=0.996),检出限为50.7 nmol/L(S/N=3).将其用于实际环境和塑料样品中双酚A的检测,回收率为91.7%~102.9%.