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Multianalyte Sensing Of Addictive Over-the-counter (otc) Drugs
Journal Of The American Chemical Society
  • Tsuyoshi Minami
  • Nina A. Esipenko
  • Ali Akdeniz
  • Ben Zhang
  • Lyle Isaacs
  • Pavel Anzenbacher, Jr., Bowling Green State University
Document Type
Article
Disciplines
Abstract

A supramolecular sensor array composed of two fluorescent cucurbit[n]uril-type receptors (probe 1 and probe 2) displaying complementary selectivities was tested for its ability to detect and quantify drug-related amines. The fluorimetric titration of the individual probes showed highly variable and cross-reactive analyte-dependent changes in fluorescence. An excellent ability to recognize a variety of analytes was demonstrated in qualitative as well as quantitative assays. Importantly, a successful quantitative analysis of several analytes of interest was achieved in mixtures and in human urine. The throughput and sensitivity surpass those of the current state-of-the-art methods that usually require analyte solid-phase extraction (SPE). These results open up the opportunity for new applications of cucurbit[n]uril-type receptors in sensing and pave the way for the development of simple high-throughput assays for various drugs in the near future.

Publication Date
10-1-2013
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1021/ja407722a
Citation Information
Tsuyoshi Minami, Nina A. Esipenko, Ali Akdeniz, Ben Zhang, et al.. "Multianalyte Sensing Of Addictive Over-the-counter (otc) Drugs" Journal Of The American Chemical Society (2013) p. 15238 - 15243
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/pavel_anzenbacher/18/