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Published on: October 21, 2016
A simple and sensitive electrochemical immunosensor based on thiol aromatic aldehyde as a substrate for the antibody
Youming Shen1, Youyu Zhang2, Meiling Liu2
1Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Traditional Chinese Medicine Research (Ministry of Education), College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, PR China; College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University of Arts and Science, Changde 415000, PR China.
Abstract:
In this work, a novel sulfur-containing compound with aldehyde groups was synthesized, which was used to immobilize antibodies through the covalent bonding of the aldehyde groups with amino groups, in which no additional chemical cross-linker is required. Human IgG was used as a model analyte to fabricate the electrochemical immunosensor. Using the proposed immunosensor, IgG was detected within the range from 0.01 to 25ng mL(-1) with a detection limit of 0.003ng mL(-1) obtained by 3 S/N. The simple electrochemical immunosensor had a good specificity, stability and reproducibility.
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