A rapid,simple,disposable and inexpensive acetylcholinesterase (ACHE) amperometric biosensor for the detection of organophosphorus pesticides was developed by simple adsorption of the enzyme on screen-printed electrod...A rapid,simple,disposable and inexpensive acetylcholinesterase (ACHE) amperometric biosensor for the detection of organophosphorus pesticides was developed by simple adsorption of the enzyme on screen-printed electrodes.The biosensor consisted of an Ag/AgCl reference electrode and a graphite working electrode.The mixture of graphite and the 7,7,8,8-tetracyanoquinodimethane (TCNQ) was printed on electrodes.The detection of organophosphorus pesticides was done with acetylthiocholine chloride (ATCh) as substrate.The biosensor was used to detect the inhibitory effect of organophosphorus pesticides on AChE activity.The 1μl of enzyme solution containing 0.1 U AChE and 1% bovine serum albumin (BSA) were simply dropped on the working electrode surface.The biosensor operated at a potential of 300 mV vs. Ag/AgCl in a pH 7.2 0.1 mol/L phosphate buffer and 0.1 mol/L KCl.We obtained a calibration plot of the percentage inhibition versus the logarithm of parathion methyl concentration following an incubation time of 10 mix in parathion methyl solution. The lowest detectable amount of parathion methyl was 0.026 ppm.The amperometric biosensor based on acetylcholinesterase was disposable and low cost (about 1 yuan RMB).展开更多
文摘A rapid,simple,disposable and inexpensive acetylcholinesterase (ACHE) amperometric biosensor for the detection of organophosphorus pesticides was developed by simple adsorption of the enzyme on screen-printed electrodes.The biosensor consisted of an Ag/AgCl reference electrode and a graphite working electrode.The mixture of graphite and the 7,7,8,8-tetracyanoquinodimethane (TCNQ) was printed on electrodes.The detection of organophosphorus pesticides was done with acetylthiocholine chloride (ATCh) as substrate.The biosensor was used to detect the inhibitory effect of organophosphorus pesticides on AChE activity.The 1μl of enzyme solution containing 0.1 U AChE and 1% bovine serum albumin (BSA) were simply dropped on the working electrode surface.The biosensor operated at a potential of 300 mV vs. Ag/AgCl in a pH 7.2 0.1 mol/L phosphate buffer and 0.1 mol/L KCl.We obtained a calibration plot of the percentage inhibition versus the logarithm of parathion methyl concentration following an incubation time of 10 mix in parathion methyl solution. The lowest detectable amount of parathion methyl was 0.026 ppm.The amperometric biosensor based on acetylcholinesterase was disposable and low cost (about 1 yuan RMB).
