Paraoxon techniques

A multiresidue method for analyzing 28 common organophosphorus pesticides and three of their main metabolites (paraoxon-ethyl, paraoxon-methyl, and malaoxon) in a variety of crop samples has been developed (59). The use of LC-DAD techniques allowed identification of both organophosphorus pesticides and metabolites by means of standard and spectral comparisons, respectively. A typical chromatogram for fortified apple extract is shown in Figure 4. 

Abstract. The biosensors described in this work, for the monitoring of pesticides, are based on acetylcholinesterase immobilized on the surface of screen-printed electrodes. The principle of the biosensor is that the degree of inhibition of an enzyme sensor by a pesticide is dependent on the concentration of that pesticide. The DPV technique was used as a detection method and methyl-paraoxon as a reference pesticide for sensor calibration. 

Using gas-liquid and thin layer chromatography techniques, the only intermediate product detected and identified during the oxidation of parathion with CI2 or CIO2 was paraoxon. Paraoxon accumulates in the system from the parathion-Cl2 or parathion-C102 reactions, but not in a stoichiometric amount. The amounts of CI2 and CIO2 required to oxidize completely 1.012 mg/liter paraoxon were determined graphically to be equal to 38.95 mg/liter and 44.50 mg/liter, respectively, within a contact time of 60 minutes. 

The LbL technique is undoubtedly one of the best methods to incorporate biological components into man-made devices. Therefore, sensor applications must be one of the most promising subjects for LbL assemblies of biomaterials. For example, Leblanc and coworkers used several bilayers of chitosan and poly(thiophene-3-acetic acid) as cushion layers for stable enzyme films [187]. The first five bilayers of the cushion layer allowed for better adsorption of organophosphorus hydrolase than the corresponding adsorption on a quartz slide. The immobilized enzyme becomes more stable and can be used under harsher conditions. The assembled LbL films can be used for spectroscopic detection of paraoxon, an organophosphorus compound. This cushion layer strategy provides a well-defined substrate-independent interface for enzyme immobilization, in which the bioactivity of the enzyme is not compromised. This leads to fast detection of paraoxon and quick recovery times. 

Figure 2, (Top) Schematic of assembling enzyme on CNT by LBL technique. (Bottom) Inhibition curve of the biosensor to different concentrations of paraoxon. (Reproduced from reference 40, Copyright 2006 American...

Direct, sensitive, selective, and rapid biosensors have been developed based on OPH, organophosphoms acid hydrolase (OPAA), and parathion hydrolase (PH). Schoning and co-workers developed a silicon-based capacitive field-effect pH sensor, which can detect 2 pM of paraoxon. " The same group prepared ampero-metric and potentiometric biosensor chips by thin-film techniques and integrated them in a flow-injection analysis (ElA) system, which can detect different OP pesticides at the low pM concentration range.Recently, mesoporous carbon and carbon black-modified electrodes have been used to develop an amperometric biosensor based on OPH. With increased sensitivity, the biosensor can detect as low as 0.12 pM (36 ppb) paraoxon. ... 

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