scholarly journals Communication—Selective Electrochemical Detection of Catechin Compounds in Herbal Medicines

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jéssica Santos Gomes ◽  
Érica Abadia Da Costa ◽  
Rodrigo A. A. Munoz ◽  
Alberto De Oliveira ◽  
Raquel M. F. Sousa
Keyword(s):  
Mass Spectrometry ◽  
Differential Pulse Voltammetry ◽  
Electrochemical Detection ◽  
Glassy Carbon ◽  
Electrochemical Sensors ◽  
Herbal Medicines ◽  
Differential Pulse ◽  
Stable Complex ◽  
Carbon Electrode ◽  
Pulse Voltammetry

Abstract Most electrochemical sensors reported for catechin determination in herbal medicines actually involve the detection of not only catechins but also other flavonoids. This work proposes a strategy to selectively detect and quantify flavan-3-ol, known as catechins, in the presence of other flavonoids by complexation with AlCl3. Flavonoids (e.g.,rutin, quercetin) form stable complex with AlCl3 which affect the electrooxidation of these molecules. Hence, the electrochemical oxidation of catechin is free from the interference of other flavonoids as shown by differential-pulse voltammetry using glassy-carbon electrode. The approach was applied to herbal medicines and mass-spectrometry confirmed the presence of catechins in such samples.

Determination of Drimarene Blue X-BLN at a glassy carbon electrode by differential pulse voltammetry

2011 ◽  
Vol 76 (12) ◽  
pp. 1765-1773 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abd-Elgawad M. Radi ◽  
Mohammed R. Mostafa ◽  
Reda M. Elshafey ◽  
Talaat A. Hegazy
Keyword(s):  
Differential Pulse Voltammetry ◽  
Glassy Carbon Electrode ◽  
Glassy Carbon ◽  
Supporting Electrolyte ◽  
Differential Pulse ◽  
Redox Couple ◽  
Carbon Electrode ◽  
Validation Parameters ◽  
Pulse Voltammetry

The electrochemical oxidation behaviour of Drimarene Blue X-BLN (DB) has been investigated in phosphate buffers (pH 2.54–10.18) by cyclic and differential pulse voltammetry (DPV) at a glassy carbon electrode (GCE). The oxidation of DB dye generated well-defined pH-dependent two pairs of quasi-reversible anodic-cathodic peak couples. DB exhibited the second redox couple over the entire pH range, while the first redox couple disappeared for pH ≥ 6.70. The redox processes were adsorption-controlled. An electroanalytical method was developed for the determination of DB in phosphate buffer solution (pH 2.85) as supporting electrolyte using DPV. The anodic current heights varied linearly with DB concentrations in the ranges 2 × 10–6–3 × 10–5 and 6 × 10–6–3 × 10–5 mol l–1 with limits of detection (LOD) of 8.7 × 10–7 and 5.7 × 10–7 mol l–1 and limits of quantification (LOQ) of 2.9 × 10–6 and 1.9 × 10–6 mol l–1 for the first and second anodic peaks, respectively. Validation parameters, such as accuracy, precision and recovery were evaluated. The proposed method was successfully applied to the determination of DB in tap water and the analytical results compared well with those obtained by the spectrophotometric method.

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