Research Article

Electroanalytical Characterisation of Dopa Decarboxylase Inhibitors Carbidopa and Benserazide on Multiwalled Carbon Nanotube and Poly(Nile blue A) Modified Glassy Carbon Electrodes

Table 1

Data from the calibration plots for the analytical characterisation of CD and BS in 0.1 M PBS, pH 5.0 by DPV at the MWCNTs/PNB-modified electrode.

CarbidopaBenserazide

Peak potential (mV versus SCE)210160
Linearity range (μM)10–1004–40
Slope (μA μM−1)0.43 ± 0.0010.15 ± 0.001
Intercept (μA)0.49 ± 0.07−0.32 ± 0.02
Correlation coefficient0.9970.999
LOD (μM)1.170.50
LOQ (μM)3.561.53
Repeatability of peak potential (RSD%)0.500.56
Repeatability of peak current (RSD%)0.960.44