A Screen-Printed Sensor Coupled with Flow System for Quantitative Determination of a Novel Promising Anticancer Agent Candidate

Authors :: Ilona Sadok
Małgorzata Sztanke
Jędrzej Kozak
Krzysztof Sztanke
Katarzyna Tyszczuk-Rotko
Source :: Sensors, Vol 20, Iss 5217, p 5217 (2020), Sensors, Volume 20, Issue 18, Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
Publication Year :: 2020
Publisher :: MDPI AG, 2020.
Abstract: A carbon nanofibers modified screen-printed carbon sensor (SPCE/CNFs) was applied for the determination of a novel promising anticancer agent candidate (ethyl 8-(4-methoxyphenyl)-4-oxo-4,6,7,8-tetrahydroimidazo[2,1-c][1,2,4]triazine-3-carboxylate, EIMTC) using square-wave voltammetry (SWV). It is the first method for the quantitative determination of EIMTC. The modified screen-printed sensor exhibited excellent electrochemical activity in reducing EIMTC. The peak current of EIMTC was found to be linear in two concentration ranges of 2.0 &times 10&minus 9 &ndash 2.0 &times 8 mol L&minus 1 and 2.0 &times 8 &ndash 7 mol L&minus 1, with a detection limit of 5.0 &times 10 mol L&minus 1. The connection of flow-cell for the SPCE/CNFs with SWV detection allowed for the successful determination of EIMTC in human serum samples. Ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography coupled to electrospray ionization triple quadrupole mass spectrometry (UHPLC-ESI-MS/MS) acted as a comparative method in the serum samples analysis.

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