Conductometric biosensor for arginine determination in pharmaceutics

Bioelectrochemistry
O V SoldatkinaSergei V Dzyadevych

Abstract

A new conductometric biosensor based on coimmobilized urease and arginase has been developed for arginine determination in pharmaceutics. First, the main parameters of the selected method of immobilization (concentrations of arginase, urease, and glutaraldehyde, time of incubation) were optimized. An influence of the solution parameters (buffer ionic strength, capacity, pH, Mn2+ concentration) on the biosensor operation was studied, working conditions were optimized. After biosensor optimization, the main analytical characteristics were as follows. The limit of detection - 2.5 μM, the linear range - 2.5-500 μM, the sensitivity to arginine 13.4 ± 2.4 μS/mM, the response time - 20 s. The signals repeatability and operational stability in continuous exploitation were studied over one working day and during one week. Additionally, the selectivity of the developed biosensor towards arginine was essayed relative to other amino acids. The developed biosensor has been used to measure arginine concentrations in some drugs. The results obtained were in high correlation with the characteristics declared by producers.

Citations

Jun 9, 2020·Frontiers in Chemistry·Ionel Şerban, Alexandru Enesca
Sep 8, 2019·Journal of the American Chemical Society·Hua-Qing YinXue-Bo Yin
Sep 25, 2020·International Journal of Biological Macromolecules·Suet-Ying TamYun-Chung Leung

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