Issue 59, 2018

A colorimetric biosensor based on enzyme-catalysis-induced production of inorganic nanoparticles for sensitive detection of glucose in white grape wine

Abstract

Sensitive and selective colorimetric sensors have come into a high demand due to their simplicity, rapidity, precision and use of common laboratory instruments. In this study, as a new colorimetric nanoprobe, enzyme-catalysis-induced production of Prussian blue nanoparticles (PBNPs) was employed to develop a colorimetric biosensor which was simple and inexpensive for the rapid detection of glucose in wine. Briefly, glucose as the detection target was added into a solution of glucose oxidase (GOx), FeCl3 and K3Fe(CN)6, which turned the solution color from light-yellow to blue within 10 min. Thus, it could be probed by UV-vis spectroscopy. Unlike common colorimetric methods based on a sole color change mechanism, this method has two paths to generate PBNPs. Because both K3Fe(CN)6 and O2 are involved in the turnover of GOx catalysis, they generate K4Fe(CN)6 and H2O2 that reduces Fe3+, respectively, and both paths finally produce PBNPs. This dual-path method enhances the yield of PBNPs and the detection performance. Under optimized conditions, the method presented a linear detection range of 4 μM to 0.5 mM (r2 = 0.998) and a limit of detection of 3.29 μM, which is comparable to or better than analogues, as well as excellent selectivity. This method also worked well in white grape wine samples with detection results varying within 1% to those obtained by the standard HPLC method. The proposed biosensing method is rapid, simple, low-cost, sensitive and selective, therefore, it is a promising method for daily detection of glucose in food in households and markets.

Graphical abstract: A colorimetric biosensor based on enzyme-catalysis-induced production of inorganic nanoparticles for sensitive detection of glucose in white grape wine

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
27 Jul 2018
Accepted
25 Sep 2018
First published
03 Okt 2018
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

RSC Adv., 2018,8, 33960-33967

A colorimetric biosensor based on enzyme-catalysis-induced production of inorganic nanoparticles for sensitive detection of glucose in white grape wine

H. Dai, Y. Li, Q. Zhang, Y. Fu and Y. Li, RSC Adv., 2018, 8, 33960 DOI: 10.1039/C8RA06347H

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