Chiral recognition of tyrosine enantiomers on a novel bis-aminosaccharides composite modified glassy carbon electrode.

A polyaminosaccharide (chitosan, CS) and an aminosaccharide (d-galactosamine, GalN) were integrated together via hydrothermal assembly to obtain a bis-aminosaccharides composite (CS-GalN), and a novel and facile chiral sensing platform based on CS-GalN modified glassy carbon electrode (CS-GalN/GCE) was fabricated and used for electrochemical recognition of tyrosine (Tyr) enantiomers. CS-GalN composite was characterized by Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS) and contact angle goniometry. It was observed that CS-GalN composite exhibited different binding ability for Tyr enantiomers. Under optimized experimental conditions, the oxidation peak current ratio of L-Tyr to D-Tyr (I _L /I _D ) and the difference between their peak potentials (ΔEp = E _D -E _L ) were 1.70 and 28 mV at CS-GalN/GCE by square wave voltammetry (SWV). In addition, the peak currents increase linearly with the concentration of Tyr enantiomers in the concentration range 0.01-1.00 mM with detection limits of 0.65 μM and 0.86 μM for L-Tyr and D-Tyr (S/N = 3), respectively. CS-GalN/GCE also exhibited the ability to determine the percentage of D-Tyr in the racemic mixture. In addition, CS-GalN/GCE possessed remarkable sensitivity, great stability as well as fine reproducibility. It could be concluded that the chiral interface of CS-GalN/GCE can provide an ideal platform for electrochemical recognition and determination of Tyr enantiomers.
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