A novel electrochemical nanosensor based on NH(2)-functionalized multi walled carbon nanotubes for the determination of catechol-orto-methyltransferase inhibitor entacapone.

In this study, an antiparkinson drug Entacapone (ENP) is electrochemically investigated under optimized conditions using NH2 functionalized multi walled carbon nanotubes (NH2fMWCNT) decorated over glassy carbon electrode (GCE). The surface morphology of the NH2fMWCNT/GCE was probed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) armed with EDX analysis. Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) was employed to investigate the electron transfer capability of modified and bare electrodes. Cyclic voltammetry was used to compare the redox response of ENP on the surface of modified and unmodified electrodes. The influence of interfering agents was also studied to examine the selectivity of the designed sensor. For the purpose of practical applicability of the proposed method, differential pulse voltammetric method was applied for the investigation of ENP in real samples i.e., tablet, human serum and urine. Almost 100% recovery percentages were obtained from tablet, serum and urine samples with RSD% values of less than 2% for all the samples, thus, suggesting promising applicability of the designed electrochemical sensing platform (NH2fMWCNT/GCE) for determination of ENP in pharmaceutical dosage and real samples.

Aftab S ，Ozcelikay G ，Kurbanoglu S ，Shah A ，Iftikhar FJ ，Ozkan SA ... -  《-》

A novel way for detection of antiparkinsonism drug entacapone via electrodeposition of silver nanoparticles/functionalized multi-walled carbon nanotubes as an amperometric sensor.

Silver (Ag) nanoparticles were electrochemically deposited on the film of a metformin functionalized multi-walled carbon nanotube modified glassy carbon electrode (Met-MWCNT/GCE), which fabricated an Ag@Met-MWCNT nanocomposite sensor (Ag@Met-MWCNT/GCE) to detect entacapone (ENT). The Ag@Met-MWCNT nanocomposite was characterized by field emission scanning electrochemical microscopy (FESEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis, FT-IR and electrochemical tests. The modified electrode showed a large electrocatalytic activity for reduction of ENT. This improved activity indicates that Met@MWCNT plays a crucial role in the dispersion and stabilization of Ag nanoparticles on GCE. Under the optimized conditions the linear range for the detection of the ENT was obtained to be 0.05 to 70.0μM with a low detection limit of 15.3nM. The proposed sensor can effectively analyse ENT concentration in pharmaceutical formulations and human urine samples, avoiding interference, and is a promising ENT sensor due to good sensitivity, stability and low cost.

Baghayeri M ，Tehrani MB ，Amiri A ，Maleki B ，Farhadi S ... -  《-》

Adsorptive anodic stripping differential pulse voltammetric determination of CellCept at Fe(3)O(4) nanoparticles decorated multi-walled carbon nanotubes modified glassy carbon electrode.

A simple and sensitive method based on adsorptive anodic stripping differential pulse voltammetry (AASDPV) for the determination of cellcept, using a magnetic Fe3O4 nanoparticles and functionalized (carboxylated) multi-walled carbon nanotubes modified glassy carbon electrode (f-MWCNs/Fe3O4/GCE) was developed. In phosphate buffer solution (pH = 5), the voltammogram of cellcept exhibited tow anodic peaks and the well-defined peak at about 0.611 V vs SCE was used for its monitoring. The modified electrode was characterized by different methods such as electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and cyclic voltammetry (CV). The experimental parameters, such as pH, deposition potential and time, as well as scan rate were optimized. Under the optimized conditions, Ip (μA) was proportional to the cellcept concentration in the range of 0.05-200 μM (R2 = 0.9989) with a detection limit of 9.0 nM and limit of quantification of 30.2 nM. The recovery was >98%. The practical analytical utilities of the modified electrode were demonstrated by the determination of cellcept in human urine and blood serum samples. Modified electrode showed an adequate sensitivity and stability for evaluated samples.

Gholivand MB ，Solgi M 《-》

A new sensing platform based on NH2fMWCNTs for the determination of antiarrhythmic drug Propafenone in pharmaceutical dosage forms.

A novel sensor based on a modification of glassy carbon electrode (GCE) with NH2-functionalized multi-walled carbon nano-tubes (NH2fMWCNTs) is reported and its applicability to the electrochemical sensing of Propafenone (PPF) demonstrated. The electrochemical catalytic activity was also utilized as a sensitive detection method for the investigation of the detailed redox mechanism of PFF using cyclic and and differential pulse voltammetry. The surface morphology of the sensor was investigated by SEM armed with EDX probe. Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy was employed as well to define the electron transfer capability of modified and bare electrodes. Key experimental and instrumental conditions related to electrochemical determination by cyclic, differential pulse, and square wave voltammetry, such as amount of modifier, pH, scan rate, accumulation time and potential were studied and optimized. The results have shown a significant enhancement of the peak current after modifying the electrode; the calibration curves of PPF offering good linearity from 0.1 to 10 μM, limit of quantification (LOQ) being 0.03 μM and limit of detection (LOD) 0.01 μM, both when using DPV technique. The proposed sensor was successfully applied to the determination of PFF in dosage form without any special purification, separation or pre-treatment steps. The results of analyses obtained with the proposed sensor were satisfactory and fully statistically relevant.

Farag AS ，Bakirhan NK ，Švancara I ，Ozkan SA ... -  《-》

Electrocatalytic boost up of epinephrine and its simultaneous resolution in the presence of serotonin and folic acid at poly(serine)/multi-walled carbon nanotubes composite modified electrode: A voltammetric study.

The present paper describes the new strategy for the development of nanosensor based on dropcasting of multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) followed by electropolymerization of serine (ser) onto the glassy carbon electrode (GCE). The developed nanocomposite sensor was abbreviated as poly(ser)/MWCNTs/GCE and was characterized by using electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) technique. The EIS results confirmed the fast electron transfer rate at the surface of poly(ser)/MWCNTs/GCE. The proposed sensor exhibited good catalytic activity towards the sensing of epinephrine (EP) individually and simultaneously in the presence of serotonin (5-HT) and folic acid (FA) in 0.1M phosphate buffer solution (PBS) at pH7.0. The limit of detection (LOD) and limit of quantification (LOQ) of EP was found to be 6×10(-7)M and 2×10(-6)M respectively. The fabricated sensor showed excellent precision and accuracy with a relative standard deviation (RSD) of 4.86%. The proposed composite sensor was effectively applied towards the determination of EP in human blood serum and pharmaceutical injection sample.

Narayana PV ，Madhusudana Reddy T ，Gopal P ，Mohan Reddy M ，Ramakrishna Naidu G ... -  《-》