Issue 48, 2018

Voltammetric analysis of naringenin at a disposable pencil graphite electrode – application to polyphenol content determination in citrus juice

Abstract

The electrochemical behaviour of the flavonoid naringenin (NGN) was investigated for the first time by cyclic voltammetry (CV), using a disposable electroactivated pencil graphite electrode (PGE*). In this electrochemical sensor, NGN is irreversibly oxidized, giving rise to two pH-dependent peaks due to mixed (diffusion- and adsorption-controlled) electrode processes involving the same number of electrons and protons, namely two and one, respectively. Exploiting these peaks, differential pulse voltammetry (DPV) and square wave voltammetry (SWV) at PGE* in 0.05 mol L−1 potassium hydrogen phthalate were applied for quantitative determination of NGN. The new proposed methods presented linear ranges covering more than three orders of magnitude (7.86 × 10−8 to 1.82 × 10−4 mol L−1 NGN for DPV and 7.50 × 10−8 to 1.00 × 10−4 mol L−1 NGN for SWV) and low limits of detection (LoD) and quantification (LoQ) (LoD = 3.06 × 10−8 mol L−1, LoQ = 1.02 × 10−7 mol L−1 NGN for DPV and LoD = 4.40 × 10−8 mol L−1, LoQ = 1.11 × 10−7 mol L−1 NGN for SWV), similar to or better than those reported in the literature. The developed voltammetric methods were applied with good results to determine the intermediate antioxidant power polyphenolics content expressed as mg naringenin equivalent per L grapefruit juice.

Graphical abstract: Voltammetric analysis of naringenin at a disposable pencil graphite electrode – application to polyphenol content determination in citrus juice

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
19 oct. 2018
Accepted
21 nov. 2018
First published
22 nov. 2018

Anal. Methods, 2018,10, 5763-5772

Voltammetric analysis of naringenin at a disposable pencil graphite electrode – application to polyphenol content determination in citrus juice

I. G. David, S. C. Litescu, D. E. Popa, M. Buleandra, L. Iordache, C. Albu, A. Alecu and R. L. Penu, Anal. Methods, 2018, 10, 5763 DOI: 10.1039/C8AY02281J

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