Rapid and efficient pesticide detection via cyclodextrin-promoted energy transfer

Nicole Serio; John Roque; Andrew Badwal; Mindy Levine

doi:10.1039/c5an01471a

Rapid and efficient pesticide detection via cyclodextrin-promoted energy transfer

Analyst. 2015 Nov 21;140(22):7503-7. doi: 10.1039/c5an01471a.

Authors

Nicole Serio¹, John Roque¹, Andrew Badwal¹, Mindy Levine¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, University of Rhode Island, 51 Lower College Road, Kingston, RI 02881, USA. mlevine@chm.uri.edu.

PMID: 26436147
DOI: 10.1039/c5an01471a

Abstract

Cyclodextrins facilitate non-covalent fluorescence energy transfer from a variety of pesticides to high quantum-yield fluorophores, resulting in a rapid, sensitive detection scheme for these compounds with detection limits as low as two micromolar. Such a facile detection tool has significant potential applications in agriculture and public health research.

Publication types

Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Cyclodextrins / chemistry*
Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer / economics
Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer / methods*
Fluorescent Dyes / chemistry*
Fruit and Vegetable Juices / analysis*
Humans
Models, Molecular
Pesticides / analysis*

Substances

Cyclodextrins
Fluorescent Dyes
Pesticides