Development of a carbon nanotube paste electrode osmium polymer-mediated biosensor for determination of glucose in alcoholic beverages

Biosens Bioelectron. 2007 May 15;22(11):2611-7. doi: 10.1016/j.bios.2006.10.023. Epub 2006 Dec 18.

Abstract

This paper describes a new amperometric biosensor for glucose monitoring. The biosensor is based on the activity of glucose dehydrogenase (GDH) and diaphorase (DI) co-immobilized with NAD(+) into a carbon nanotube paste (CNTP) electrode modified with an osmium functionalized polymer. This mediator was demonstrated to shuttle the electron transfer between the immobilized diaphorase and the CNTP electrode, thus, showing a good electrocatalytic activity towards NADH oxidation at potentials around +0.2V versus Ag|AgCl, where interfering reactions are less prone to occur. The biosensor exhibits a detection limit of 10 micromol L(-1), linearity up to 8 x 10(-4) mol L(-1), a sensitivity of 13.4 microA cm(-2)mmol(-1)L(-1), a good reproducibility (R.S.D. 2.1%, n=6) and a stability of about 1 week when stored dry at 4 degrees C. Finally, the proposed biosensor was applied for the determination of glucose in different samples of sweet wine and validated with a commercial spectrophotometric enzymatic kit.

Publication types

  • Evaluation Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Biosensing Techniques / instrumentation*
  • Biosensing Techniques / methods
  • Electrochemistry / instrumentation
  • Electrochemistry / methods
  • Equipment Design
  • Equipment Failure Analysis
  • Food Analysis / instrumentation*
  • Food Analysis / methods
  • Glucose / analysis*
  • Glucose 1-Dehydrogenase / chemistry*
  • Microelectrodes*
  • Nanotubes, Carbon / chemistry*
  • Osmium / chemistry
  • Polymers / chemistry
  • Wine / analysis*

Substances

  • Nanotubes, Carbon
  • Polymers
  • Osmium
  • Glucose 1-Dehydrogenase
  • Glucose