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A review on novel developments and applications of immunosensors in food analysis

Francesco Ricci1, Giulia Volpe, Laura Micheli

  • 1Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Chimiche, Università di Roma Tor Vergata, Via della Ricerca Scientifica, 00133 Rome, Italy. Francesco.ricci@uniroma2.it

Analytica Chimica Acta
|November 27, 2007
PubMed

The present review deals with novel developments in immunosensors destined for final application in food analysis. In this perspective particular emphasis will be given to the most important approaches which recently have been used for immunosensor construction and assembling. For this reason, electrochemical, surface plasmon resonance (SPR) and quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) techniques will be explored in detail and recent and practical examples on food matrices will be reviewed. Objective of this survey is to give a general overview of the possible application of immunosensors to the food analysis field.

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