Issue 10, 2016

Voltammetric detection of glutathione: an adsorptive stripping voltammetry approach

Abstract

A simple, sensitive, and rapid detection of glutathione by cyclic voltammetry using a bare glassy carbon electrode is reported in which glutathione forms a 1 : 1 complex compound with copper(II) ions. This complex compound is adsorbed onto the electrode surface and undergoes electrochemical oxidation at a characteristic oxidation potential of ca. −0.20 V vs. the standard mercury/mercurous sulphate reference electrode, which is used to detect the glutathione concentration. The linear dynamic range is obtained for a glutathione concentration from 1 μM to 12.5 μM, and the sensitivity is found to be 0.1 ± 0.002 μA μM−1. A low limit of detection (n = 3) of 0.14 μM and a precision of 1.8% are achieved using a simple, unmodified electrode. The robustness of the present methodology is demonstrated by the successful quantitative analysis of glutathione in the presence of cysteine.

Graphical abstract: Voltammetric detection of glutathione: an adsorptive stripping voltammetry approach

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
07 Mac 2016
Accepted
01 Apr 2016
First published
01 Apr 2016

Analyst, 2016,141, 2904-2910

Voltammetric detection of glutathione: an adsorptive stripping voltammetry approach

M. C. C. Areias, K. Shimizu and R. G. Compton, Analyst, 2016, 141, 2904 DOI: 10.1039/C6AN00550K

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