Rapid analysis of L-dopa in urine samples using gold nanoelectrode ensembles

Talanta. 2007 Nov 30;74(2):229-34. doi: 10.1016/j.talanta.2007.05.056. Epub 2007 Jun 23.

Abstract

This work describes the application of a three-dimensional gold nanoelectrode ensembles (GNEE) for monitoring L-dopa in standards and human urine samples using flow injection analysis (FIA) with amperometric detection. Analytical results reveal that the GNEE exhibited better electrocatalytic activity than a gold disk or glassy carbon electrode. Under optimal conditions of L-dopa analysis at GNEE, the calibration plot has a linear range of 5-300 ng/mL with a coefficient of variation (CV) of 3.1% in pH 7.0 phosphate buffer saline (PBS, pH 7.0). The detection limit was 3.0 ng/mL for FIA. The high precision and sensitivity of GNEE provides a feasible means of directly determining l-dopa in urine samples.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Carbon / chemistry
  • Electrochemistry
  • Electrodes
  • Flow Injection Analysis
  • Gold / chemistry*
  • Humans
  • Levodopa / urine*
  • Nanostructures / chemistry*
  • Reference Standards
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Time Factors

Substances

  • Levodopa
  • Carbon
  • Gold