ELECTROCHEMICAL NANOSTRUCTURED BIOSENSORS FOR DETERMINATION OF ULTRA-TRACE ANABOLIC DRUGS IN BOVINE SAMPLES

MATIAS REGIART; SIRLEY V. PEREIRA; GERMÁN A. MESSINA; MARTIN FERNANDEZ BALDO; VIVIANA SPOTORNO; FRANCO A. BERTOLINO; JULIO RABA

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SENASA

Lugar: Bs AS; Año: 2015 p. 90 - 98

2314-2901

Anabolic, drugs able to increase nitrogen retention by increasing the accumulation of proteins in animals have been used in livestock production and involve a serious problem for public health (FAO/OMS, Rome 1975). Within these compounds include agonists, which have therapeutic uses, but to express its anabolic function require high doses, which generate waste whose accumulation represents a danger for consumers. Since the report of serious food poisoning their use as growth promoter was banned. The analysis of such residues in animal samples should be performed with high sensitivity and selectivity. The most widely used methods are techniques of liquid chromatography and gas chromatography with mass spectroscopy detection, but can also be used immunological techniques such as ELISA and RIA. Alternatively, and because the agonists containing electroactive groups, electrochemical detection should be considered. This detection combined with the use of screen printed carbon electrodes provides many advantages such as simplicity, versatility, low price, minimum sample volume required and portability system, which allows ?in situ determinations. Another strategy to improve sensitivity over traditional methods is the incorporation of nanomaterials (metal nanoparticles, carbon nanotubes, etc.). These materials represent a tool for sensors construction because they provide an increased surface area, high conductivity, electrocatalytic properties, as well as an excellent biocompatibility; therefore can be used as supports for biomolecule immobilization on immunological and/or enzymatic reactions.