Electrochemical Sensing of Vitamin D₃: A Comparative Use of Glassy Carbon and Unmodified Screen-Printed Carbon Electrodes

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2023

Authors

Goncalves, FD (Author) Other; Rodrigues, JA (Author) FCUP; Ramos, RM (Author) FCUP

Journal

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Title: Chemosensors

Vol. 11

Final page: 575

ISSN: 2227-9040

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Authenticus ID: P-00Z-K6G

DOI: 10.3390/chemosensors11120575

Abstract (EN): This work presents the electrochemical determination of cholecalciferol (Vitamin D-3) in water-organic mixtures using a glassy carbon electrode (GCE) and commercial screen-printed carbon electrodes (SPCEs). The electrocatalytic behavior of Vitamin D-3 on the surface of the working electrode produced a well-defined oxidation peak at +0.95 V (vs. Ag|AgCl, 3.0 mol L-1) and +0.7 V (vs. Ag-SPCE pseudo-reference electrode) for the GCE and SPCE, respectively, in 0.1 M LiClO4 prepared in 50% ethanol. The nature of the organic solvent needed for the solubilization of Vitamin D-3 was evaluated, together with the concentration of the supporting electrolyte, the ratio of the water-organic mixture, the voltametric parameters for the cyclic voltammetry (CV), and square-wave voltammetry (SWV) analyses. Under the optimized conditions, a linear correlation between the anodic peak current and the concentration of Vitamin D-3 was obtained over the range of 0.47 to 123 mu mol L-1 and 59.4 to 1651 mu mol L-1 for the GCE and SPCE, respectively. The determined limits of detection (LOD) were 0.17 (GCE) and 19.4 mu mol L-1 (SPCE). The methodology was successfully applied to commercial supplement tablets of Vitamin D-3. Additionally, this work shows the possibility of using non-modified GCE and SPCE for routine analysis of Vitamin D-3.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 12