A new adenosine biosensor based on aptamer probe is introduced in this article. An amino-labeled aptamer probe was immobilized on the gold electrode modified with an o-phenylenediamine electropolymerized film. When adenosine is bound specifically to the aptamer probe, the interface of the biosensor is changed, resulting in the decrement of the peak current. The response current is proportional to the amount of adenosine in sample. The used electrode can be easily regenerated in hot water. The proposed biosensor represents a linear response to adenosine over a concentration range of 1.0×10 7—1.0×10 4 mol/L with a detection limit of 1.0×10 8 mol/L. The presented biosensor exhibits a nice specificity towards adenosine. It offers a promising approach for adenosine assay due to its excellent electrochemical properties that are believed to be very attractive for electrochemical studies and electroanalytical applications.
The direct detection of clenbuterol(CL) in pig liver without any extraction separation at a pyrrole-DNA modified boron-doped diamond(BDD) electrode is reported. The pyrrole-DNA modified BDD electrode has a strong electrocatalytic effect on the redox reaction of CL. One oxidization and two reduction peaks of CL appear at 340.2, 299.8 and 166.6 mV(versus SCE), respectively. The pyrrole polymer alone cannot electrocatalyze the above reaction at a BDD electrode; the electrocatalytic effect of a BDD electrode modified with DNA membrane is unsufficient for the analytical detection of CL; the replacement of boron-doped diamond by glass carbon makes the electrocatalytic reaction impossible; the redox process is pH dependent. The influences of various experimental parameters on the pyrrole-DNA modified BDD electrode were investigated. A sensitive cyclic voltammetric response for CL was obtained in a linear range from 3.4×10^-6 to 5×10^-4 mol/L with a detection limit of 8.5×10^-7 mol/L. A mean recovery of 102.7% of CL in the pig liver sample solution and a reproducibility of 3.2% were obtained.
A novel ZnO/Chitosan composite matrix was developed to fabricate the H2O2 biosensor. This material combined the advantages of inorganic species, ZnO, and organic polymer, chitosan. Horseradish peroxidase immobilized in the material maintained its activity well as the usage of glutaraldehyde was avoided. The activity of enzyme was 7.9 times greater than the cross-linked enzyme. The parameters affecting the fabrication and experimental conditions of biosensors were optimized. With the aid of hydroquinone mediator, the biosensor had a fast response of less than 10 s. The linear range was 5.0×10-6 to 2.0× 10-3 mol/L with a sensitivity of 43.8 μA L/mmol. This matrix can also be used to immobilize other biomolecule.
