1. Highly sensitive voltammetric biosensor for nitric oxide based on its high affinity with hemoglobin
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Jiantao Pang, Xinjian Liu, Genxi Li, Chunhai Fan, and Hugo Scheer
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Detection limit ,Hemeprotein ,Inorganic chemistry ,chemistry.chemical_element ,Biochemistry ,Oxygen ,Amperometry ,Analytical Chemistry ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,chemistry ,Environmental Chemistry ,Hemoglobin ,Voltammetry ,Biosensor ,Heme ,Spectroscopy - Abstract
Although heme protein-based, amperometric nitric oxide (NO) biosensors have been well documented in previous studies, most have been conducted in anaerobic conditions. Herein we report a novel hemoglobin-based NO biosensor that is not only very sensitive but also usable in air. The heme protein was entrapped in a sodium montmorillonite film, which was immobilized at a pyrolytic graphite electrode surface. Film-entrapped hemoglobin can directly exchange electrons with the electrode, and this process has proven to favor the catalytic reduction of oxygen. In addition, NO induced a cathodic potential shift of the catalytic reduction peak of oxygen. This potential shift was proportional to the logarithm of NO concentration ranging from 4.0 × 10−11 to 5.0 × 10−6 mol/L. The detection limit has been estimated to be 20 pM, approximately four orders lower than previously reported amperometric detectors.
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- 2004
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