Abstract (EN):
In this work the preparation and electrochemical characterisation of a new glutamate amperometric sol-gel biosensor is described. A carbon paste electrode was electrochemically modified with the phenothiazine dye methylene green (MG). The NADP(+) and glutamate dehydrogenase were co-immobilised in a sol-gel matrix. When coupled to a flow injection system (FIA) the biosensor showed good electrocatalytic activity towards NADPH oxidation at the potential of + 0.3 V vs. Ag/AgCl; KCl sat., which represents a strong overpotential reduction. The biosensor yielded a linear response from 5.0 x 10(-5) to 1.0 x 10(-2) M glutamate concentration, with a detection limit of 5 x 10(-6) M and reproducibility of results better than 2.3% (RSD). Moreover, the implemented biosensor showed to be still useful after 7 months, 500 determinations.
Idioma:
Inglês
Tipo (Avaliação Docente):
Científica
Nº de páginas:
7