Bienzymatic biosensor for rapid detection of aspartame by flow injection analysis

Sensors (Basel). 2014 Jan 9;14(1):1028-38. doi: 10.3390/s140101028.

Abstract

A rapid, simple and stable biosensor for aspartame detection was developed. Alcohol oxidase (AOX), carboxyl esterase (CaE) and bovine serum albumin (BSA) were immobilised with glutaraldehyde (GA) onto screen-printed electrodes modified with cobalt-phthalocyanine (CoPC). The biosensor response was fast. The sample throughput using a flow injection analysis (FIA) system was 40 h⁻¹ with an RSD of 2.7%. The detection limits for both batch and FIA measurements were 0.1 µM for methanol and 0.2 µM for aspartame, respectively. The enzymatic biosensor was successfully applied for aspartame determination in different sample matrices/commercial products (liquid and solid samples) without any pre-treatment step prior to measurement.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Alcohol Oxidoreductases / chemistry
  • Animals
  • Aspartame / chemistry
  • Aspartame / isolation & purification*
  • Biosensing Techniques*
  • Carboxylesterase / chemistry
  • Cattle
  • Flow Injection Analysis*
  • Humans
  • Immobilized Proteins / chemistry*
  • Serum Albumin, Bovine / chemistry

Substances

  • Immobilized Proteins
  • Serum Albumin, Bovine
  • Alcohol Oxidoreductases
  • alcohol oxidase
  • Carboxylesterase
  • Aspartame