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<journal-id>0872-1904</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Portugaliae Electrochimica Acta]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Port. Electrochim. Acta]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0872-1904</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Sociedade Portuguesa de Electroquímica]]></publisher-name>
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<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Analytical Characteristics of Electrochemical Biosensors]]></article-title>
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<surname><![CDATA[Stoytcheva]]></surname>
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<surname><![CDATA[Zlatev]]></surname>
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<surname><![CDATA[Velkova]]></surname>
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<surname><![CDATA[Valdez]]></surname>
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<surname><![CDATA[Ovalle]]></surname>
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<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Instituto de Ingeniería ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Mexicali Baja California]]></addr-line>
<country>México</country>
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<institution><![CDATA[,University of Food Technologies Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Plovdiv ]]></addr-line>
<country>Bulgaria</country>
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<year>2009</year>
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<year>2009</year>
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<volume>27</volume>
<numero>3</numero>
<fpage>353</fpage>
<lpage>362</lpage>
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<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0872-19042009000300018&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0872-19042009000300018&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0872-19042009000300018&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[The goal of this work is the evaluation of the analytical characteristics of the determinations performed using glucose oxidase and acetylcholinesterase based electrochemical sensors, developed applying original or optimized conventional methods of enzyme immobilization. It was found that the sensitivity of glucose determination, for example, varies from 0.048 to 3.36 mA L mol-1 cm-2 and the response time of the glucose oxidase based sensors - from 5 to 30s, according to the method of the bioreceptor immobilization. The sensitivity of the analysis is affected from the activity of the immobilized biocomponent, from the composition of the solution (concentration of the substrate, of the mediator and of the inhibitor), and from the experimental conditions (pH, temperature, agitation), as well as from the kinetic parameters of the studied process. It was found that the immobilized glucose oxidase conserves its substrate specificity in the presence of a number of glucides (galactose, maltose, fructose, and saccharose) in 100 fold higher concentrations. The selectivity of glucose analysis is ensured applying a suitable potential. Interferences free glucose amperometric determination was performed at 0.00 V/SCE, in the presence of ascorbates and urates. The electrochemical quantification of enzyme inhibitors allows reaching particularly low limits of detection (10-9-10-14 mol L-1).]]></p></abstract>
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</front><body><![CDATA[ <p align="center"><b>Analytical Characteristics of Electrochemical Biosensors</b></p>     <p align="center">&nbsp;</p>     <p align="center"><b>M. Stoytcheva,</b><sup>1,</sup><a href="#1">*</a><a name="top1"></a>    <b>R. Zlatev,</b><sup>1</sup><b> Z. Velkova,</b><sup>2</sup> <b> B. Valdez,</b><sup>1</sup><b>    M. Ovalle</b> <sup>1</sup></p>     <p align="center">&nbsp;</p>     <p align="center"><sup>1</sup><i>Universidad Aut&oacute;noma de Baja California,    Instituto de Ingenier&iacute;a, Mexicali 21280, Baja California, M&eacute;xico</i></p>     <p align="center"><i><sup>2</sup>University of Food Technologies, Department of    Inorganic and Physical Chemistry, Plovdiv 4002, Bulgaria</i></p>     <p align="center">&nbsp;</p>     <p align="center">Received 25 April 2008; accepted 18 October 2008</p>     <p>&nbsp;</p>      <p><b>Abstract</b></p>      ]]></body>
<body><![CDATA[<p>The goal of this work is the evaluation of the analytical characteristics of the determinations performed using glucose oxidase and acetylcholinesterase based electrochemical sensors, developed applying original or optimized conventional methods of enzyme immobilization. It was found that the sensitivity of glucose determination, for example, varies from 0.048 to 3.36 mA L mol<sup>-1</sup> cm<sup>-2</sup> and the response time of the glucose oxidase based sensors &#8211; from 5 to 30s,  according to the method of the bioreceptor immobilization. The sensitivity of the analysis is affected from the activity of the immobilized biocomponent, from the composition of the solution (concentration of the substrate, of the mediator and of the inhibitor), and from the experimental conditions (pH, temperature, agitation), as well as from the kinetic parameters of the studied process. It was found that the immobilized glucose oxidase conserves its substrate specificity in the presence of a number of glucides (galactose, maltose, fructose, and saccharose) in 100 fold higher concentrations. The selectivity of glucose analysis is ensured applying a suitable potential. Interferences free glucose amperometric determination was performed at 0.00 V/SCE, in the presence of ascorbates and urates. The electrochemical quantification of enzyme inhibitors allows reaching particularly low limits of detection (10<sup>-9</sup>-10<sup>-14</sup> mol L<sup>-1</sup>).</p>      <p><b><i>Keywords</i></b><i>:</i> electrochemical biosensors, analytical characteristics, glucose oxidase, acetylcholinesterase.</p>      <p>&nbsp;</p>     <p>Full text only in PDF format</p>     <p>Texto dispon&iacute;vel em PDF</p>     <p>&nbsp;</p>      <p><b>References</b></p>      <!-- ref --><p>1.  D. Th&eacute;venot, K. Toth, R. Durst, G. Wilson, <i>Pure Appl. Chem.</i> 71 (1999) 2333-2348.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[&#160;<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="javascript: window.open('/scielo.php?script=sci_nlinks&ref=000020&pid=S0872-1904200900030001800001&lng=','','width=640,height=500,resizable=yes,scrollbars=1,menubar=yes,');">Links</a>&#160;]<!-- end-ref --><p>2.  C. Malandain, F. Fayolle, H. Bedouelle, <i>Oil &amp; Gas Science and Technology &#8211; Rev. IFP</i> 60 (2005) 887-897.</p>      <p>3.  S. Cosnier, M. Stoytcheva, A. Senillou, H. Perrot, R. Furriel, F. Leone, <i>Anal. Chem.</i> 77 (1999) 3692-3697.</p>      ]]></body>
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<body><![CDATA[<p><a href="#top1">*</a><a name="1"></a> Corresponding author. E-mail address:    <a href="mailto:margarita@iing.mxl.uabc.mx">margarita@iing.mxl.uabc.mx</a></p>       ]]></body>
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