Research Article

A New Electrochemical Sensor for Direct Detection of Purine Antimetabolites and DNA Degradation

Table 1

Main analytical results obtained for the voltammetric detection of the selected thiopurines using. GrO-IL-AuNPs-Chit/CSE (PBS, pH 7.4).

Analyte, VRegression equation ΔI (Ipa − Iblank), μA·vs. c (μmol·L−1)Linear range (µmol·L−1)LOD (μmol·L−1) (S/N = 3)Recovery, %

TG+0.90 ± 0.02ΔI = 4.215c + 0.045 (R2 = 0.9989)0–100.0297.1–102.0
ΔI = 1.528c + 0.083 (R2 = 0.9998)10–15099.7–101.5

AZTP+1.11 ± 0.01ΔI = 2.660c + 0.056 (R2 = 0.9991)0–100.0496.5–103.0
ΔI = 1.859c + 0.091 (R2 = 0.9991)10–10098.2–101.6

MP−0.54 ± 0.01ΔI = 2.790c + 0.036 (R2 = 0.9990)0–200.0397.4–102.3
ΔI = 0.938c + 0.065 (R2 = 0.9994)20–20099.5–100.7

Accumulation time (tacc): 120 s.