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C Retna Raj1, F Kitamura, Takeo Ohsaka
1Department of Electronic Chemistry, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan.
Abstract:
The self-assembled monolayer of a heterocyclic thiol, mercaptobenzimidazole (MBI) on gold (Au) electrode is successfully utilized for the voltammetric sensing of uric acid (UA). The self-assembly of MBI separates the voltammetric signal of UA from the interfering ascorbate (AA). Selective detection of UA in the presence of a large excess of AA or the simultaneous detection of UA and AA is achieved at the MBI monolayer-modified electrode. This electrode can detect as low as 1 microM of UA in the presence of 100-fold excess of AA with excellent reproducibility. The practical utility of the electrode is demonstrated by measuring the concentration of UA in human serum.
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