Potentiometric Enzyme-Amplified Flow Injection Analysis Detection System: Behavior of Free and Liposome-Released Peroxidase

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A flow injection analysis (FIA) system was designed for the determination of free and liposome-released peroxidase activity. the inclusion of an extra washing channel in the FIA system provided a solution to problems of electrode fouling and slow recovery of response. the addition of Triton X-100 to acetate buffer resulted in an effective and reliable wash solution, and improved the electrode recovery rate by a factor of three. the sensitivity also increases by about 20% for the enzyme with 3 mU activity by using the wash solution containing Triton X-100.     

Chemiluminescence Flow-Injection System for Rapid Detection of Red Tide Phytoplankton

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A chemiluminescent flow-injection analysis (FIA) system for the detection of the red tide phytoplankton Chattonella antiqua has been developed based on a Cypridina luciferin analog, 2-methyl-6-(p-methoxyphenyl)-3,7-dihydroimidazo[1, 2-α]-pyrazin-3-one (MCLA), which strongly emits light at 465 nm in the presence of superoxide. The system consisted of a two reagent feeding stream, a sample injector, a joint for mixing MCLA and sample, a chemiluminescence (CL) reaction cell, a CL detector and a recorder unit. The response time is approximately 1 min for one measurement cycle. The FIA system has an optimum pH of 10.7. The calibration curves for C. antiqua displayed linearity from 2 × 10³ to 2 × 10⁴ cells ml^?1. When applied to the measurement of C. antiqua, the sensitivity obtained using the FIA system is approximately 10 times higher than that of the cytochrome c method. The FIA system is a rapid practical method for the detection of C. antiqua.     

Flow injection analysis of angiotensin I-converting enzyme inhibitory activity with enzymatic reactors

Assay of angiotensin I-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitory activity always draws much attention because of diverse applications in the field of antihypertension and related pathogenesis. Recently, the use of a new synthetic substrate, 3-hydroxybutyrylglycyl-glycyl-glycine (3HB-GGG), for the assay of ACE inhibitory activity has been confirmed. To construct a rapid, economical, and automatic determination system of ACE inhibitory activity using 3HB-GGG, a flow injection analysis (FIA) system with enzymatic reactors was developed in this study. Enzyme reactors were composed of aminoacylase and 3-hydroxybutyrate dehydrogenase immobilized separately on CNBr-activated Sepharose 4B. The assay condition was optimized in terms of the conversion of 3HB-G into NADH by the enzymatic reactors when the reaction solution containing 3HB-G generated from 3HB-GGG (after the incubation with ACE) was repetitively injected into the FIA system. Under the optimized conditions, 3HB-G was converted to 3HB, and then 3HB was oxidized by NAD⁺ to form NADH. The developed system successfully detected practical ACE inhibitors with a great sensitivity, high sampling frequency (10 samples h⁻¹) and a durable stability of the enzymatic reactors.     

Spectrophotometric Determination of Mercury(II) by Flow Injection Analysis

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A new spectrophotometric FIA method for total mercury determination in water is proposed for the 5-40ng ml range. The method is based on the inhibitory effect of Hg(II) in the catalytic action of iodides on the As(III)-Ce(IV) reaction. By means of preconcentration techniques using KMnO₄ traps, ppt levels of mercury in water can be detected.     

Alcohol Electrodes in Beverage Measurements

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An alcohol electrode which had been optimized¹ to give an extended linear response to alcohol, eliminate the classical electrochemical interferences of hydrogen peroxide-based electrodes and be pH independent, was used to measure the alcohol concentration in beverage samples both in batch and FIA (wall jet) mode. The results obtained were compared to a spectrophotometric measurement used with a Sigma kit. It was found that the batch measurements were more accurate than the kit and FIA, although very good precision could be obtained with FIA. The method is rapid, easy to perform and requires no sample preparation.     

On-line-Bestimmung von Enzymen in der Bioproze?analytik unter Berücksichtigung von Probenahme und Flie?injektionstechnik

Summary The on-line determination of enzymes in biotechnical processes becomes an important factor with regard to process development and optimization. At present, most commonly enzymes are determined off-line in the laboratory after withdrawal of a separate sample. Wet chemical methods dominate in this respect, mainly because enzymes have to be measured according to the reaction schemes which are catalyzed by them. For an efficient process monitoring and control the time delay, the limited reliability and the man power needed for analysis of a large number of samples are crucial points. By using the technique of flow injection analysis (FIA) it should in general become easy to develop automatically operated enzyme determination procedures based on reaction schemes which can be used for fast and efficient process monitoring, providing the problems with the coupling of the analyzer at the bioreactor are solved. Continuous sampling in this respect plays a key role in developing on-line measuring techniques. This paper reviews the current status of on-line enzyme analysis, using flow-injection techniques. It is shown that the coupling problems can be solved by using a newly developed sampling module, which is based on membrane filtration. Some examples of on-line enzyme determinations in fermentation as well as in downstream processing illustrate the ease and reliability of the proposed concept for using FIA in connection with membrane separation.     

Flow injection determination of xanthine oxidase inhibitory activity and its application to food samples.

The enzyme xanthine oxidase (XOD) has been recognized as a key enzyme causing oxidative injury to tissues by ischemia-reperfusion. For this reason, XOD inhibitor, which effectively suppresses this enzyme, plays an important role in the inhibition of many diseases related to reactive oxygen species (ROS). In order to screen XOD inhibitors rapidly and conveniently, a novel assay using flow injection analysis (FIA) was proposed in the present investigation. To optimize the practical FIA system, we studied the effect of the reagent concentrations and the flow condition on the enzymatic reaction, and then selected the optimum condition as follows: 200-mU/ml XOD concentration, 0.5-mM xanthine concentration, 0.5-ml/min flow rate, and 2-m mixing coil length. Under this condition, a typical XOD inhibitor quercetin was determined in the concentration range 0.1 - 1.5 mM at a sampling frequency of 10 samples/h. Using the optimized FIA method, we determined the XOD inhibitory activity of some food samples: onions, apples and teas, which are the high sources of flavonoids known as the potential XOD inhibitors. Among these samples, tea leaves showed the highest activity, the second was onions and the lowest was apples. Based on the result of the assay, not only quercetin, but also other components in investigated samples, contributed to the XOD inhibitory activity.     

Flow Injection Analysis of Lactate and Lactate Dehydrogenase Using an Enzyme Membrane in Conjunction with a Modified Electrode

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A modified electrode for H₂O₂ oxidation, consisting of Pd/Au sputtered on carbon was covered with a lactate oxidase membrane and used in a FIA manifold for selective determination of lactate. The linear range was 0.01-3 mM lactate and up to 200 samples per hour were measured with a relative standard deviation of 1%. Interferences from ascorbic acid and NADH were small because of the low potential of the modified electrode. The lactate oxidase membrane electrode was also used for measurement of lactate dehydrogenase activity using direct injection of the sample into a carrier stream containing pyruvate and NAD⁺.     

Flow injection analysis system for monitoring of succinic acid in biotechnological processes

In this study, a flow injection analysis (FIA) system using a cartridge of immobilized isocitrate lyase (ICL) and isocitrate dehydrogenase (ICDH) was developed to monitor the concentrations of succinic acid in biotechnological processes. The ICL and ICDH immobilized on VA-Epoxy Biosynth E3-carrier had a good operational lifetime (up to 24 h) and storage stability (up to 30 days). The FIA system with the immobilized ICL/ICDH cartridge was characterized with respect to the factors affecting the activity of the immobilized enzymes, such as pH of carrier solution, temperature, sample matrix, etc. Optimal pH value of the immobilized enzymes was slightly shifted in the alkaline range, i.e. 9.0. Some components such as 10 g l⁻¹ lactose, 3 g l⁻¹ malate and 3 g l⁻¹ oxaloacetate in sample solution had significant activating effects (more than 10%) on the response of the FIA system. But the activity of the immobilized ICL and ICDH was not largely influenced by some components like imidazole (1 mM), sodium azide (10 mM) and semicarbazide (2 g l⁻¹) added to carrier buffer solution. The FIA system with an enzyme cartridge was applied to on-line monitor the concentrations of succinic acid in a continuously stirred reactor and a fermentation process of immobilized Escherichia coli, and showed good sensitivity and reliability of the FIA system developed in this work.     

Bienzymatic analytical microreactors for glucose, lactate, ethanol, galactose and l-amino acid monitoring in cell culture media

A new alternative method for bioprocess monitoring based on bienzymatic analytical microreactors integrated in a flow injection analysis (FIA) system is described. Glucose-, alcohol-, lactate-, galactose- and l-amino acid oxidases (GO, AO, LacO, GalO and LAAO) and horseradish peroxidase (HRP) are immobilized on controlled pore glass (CPG) and used for the development of glucose, ethanol, lactate, galactose and amino acid sensors. The analytical methodology is based on HRP catalysed reaction of hydrogen peroxide produced by oxidases with phenol-4-sulfonic acid and 4-aminoantipyrine. The immobilized enzymes are characterized and used for preparation of the packed bed analytical microreactors. Shelf life and operational stability of the microeactors are determined. GO/HRP, AO/HRP and LAAO/HRP microreactors showed excellent shelf life, they could be stored and reused for more than 6 months with no or very little activity loss, while GalO/HRP and LacO/HRP could be stored for shorter periods of time (10-20 days). Operational stability of GO and LacO microreactors was very good: an equivalent to 16,900 FIA injections of 25 μl to a LacO microreactor resulted in loss of half of its activity, immobilized GO was so stable that it was impossible to evaluate enzyme halflife. Immobilized GalO and LAAO lose their operational activity much faster: approximately 1400 and 8000 FIA injections of the respective substrate solution in a FIA set-up resulted in 50% activity loss. The methods with all the described microreactors were successfully validated using off-line samples from S. cerevisiae, E. coli and mesenchymal stem cell cultures with HPLC as the reference method.     

New Simultaneous Catalytic Determination of Thiocyanate and Iodide by Flow Injection Analysis

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Flow injection analysis (FIA) with a double injection technique was applied to catalytic determination of thiocyanate and iodide in the redox reaction between cerium (IV) and arsenic (III). Selective inactivation of the catalytic activity of thiocyanate was investigated. Amounts of only iodide and amounts of both thiocyanate and iodide were simultaneously determined by the FIA. Detection limits of the method were 0.2 ppm SCN^? and 0.1 ppm I^?.     

Flow injection analysis system for on-line cutinase activity assay

A FIA system based on a micellar system for a substrate (p-nitrophenylbutyrate) with low stability in aqueous phase was built to monitor cutinase activity in bioprocesses. All samples were previously diluted with 50 mM phosphate buffer pH 7.0 containing 11.6 mM sodium cholate. The cutinase activity in this diluted solution enhances about 40% in relation to phosphate buffer. Furthermore, the enzyme adsorption and consequent blocking/fouling of injector and tubes of the FIA system was eliminated due to excellent properties of sodium cholate as surface active agent.The cutinase activity is based in following the hydrolysis of p-nitrophenylbutyrate to p-nitrophenol in the reaction stream through the formation of an absorbance peak at 400 nm proportional to enzyme activity. The compositions of reaction stream as well as its stability were studied in order to minimize non-enzymatic hydrolysis of p-nitrophenylbutyrate and maximize cutinase activity assay reproducibility. An excellent correlation was obtained between the FIA system and off-line method for determination of cutinase activity in the culture media, and during separation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells and cutinase concentration by micro and ultrafiltration, respectively.     

Development of a long-life capillary enzyme bioreactor for the determination of blood glucose

A long-life capillary enzyme bioreactor was developed that determines glucose concentrations with high sensitivity and better stability than previous systems. The bioreactor was constructed by immobilizing glucose oxidase (GOx) onto the inner surface of a 0.53 mm i.d. fused-silica capillary that was part of a continuous-flow system. In the presence of oxygen, GOx converts glucose to gluconic acid and hydrogen peroxide (H₂O₂). Hydrogen peroxide detection was accomplished using an amperometric electrochemical detector. The integration of this capillary reactor into a flow-injection (FIA) system offered a larger surface-to-volume ratio, reduced band-broadening effects, and reduced reagent consumption compared to packed column in FIA or other settings. To obtain operational (at ambient temp) and storage (at 4 °C) stability for 20 weeks, the glucose biosensing system was prepared using an optimal GOx concentration (200 mg/mL). This exhibited an FIA peak response of 7 min and a detection limit of 10 μM (S/N = 3) with excellent reproducibility (coefficient of variation, CV < 0.75%). It also had a linear working range from 10¹ to 10⁴ μM. The enzyme activity in this proposed capillary enzyme reactor was well maintained for 20 weeks. Furthermore, 20 serum samples were analyzed using this system, and these correlated favorably (correlation coefficient, r² = 0.935) with results for the same samples obtained using a routine clinical method. The resulting biosensing system exhibited characteristics that make it suitable for in vivo application.     

Flow Injection Determination of Chloride Ions with Spectrophotometric Detection

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A single-line FIA system with a stream-sample splitting device for chloride determination is presented. The analytical method is based on the Fe^3+/Hg(SCN)₂/Cl^? system and the absorbance of the red Fe(SCN)²⁺ species monitored spectrophotometrically at 480 nm. Using a stream-sample splitting device, the recorded signal is composed of two merged peaks. Three calibration curves were obtained, once injecting the standard solution series, two using the maximum heights of P₁ and P₂ peaks and one using the height of T trough. The FIA system showed three linear responses to the concentration of chloride in the ranges 10-100 ppm (P₁); 10-500 ppm (P₂) and 20-1000 ppm (T), respectively. Also, it was capable of detecting chloride ions in different types of water with a throughput of 15 samples h^?1 and the RSD for 240 ppm of Cl^? (n=10) were 1.67% (P₁); 2.38% (P₂) and 1.23% (T), respectively. The interference of several ions (commonly found in water) on the FIA outputs was investigated.     

Enzymatic Assay of Oxalate in Urine by Flow Injection Analysis Using Immobilized Oxalate Oxidase and Chemiluminescence Detection

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A flow injection analysis (FIA) method for the assay of oxalate in urine samples is described, which utilizes an incorporated column reactor of immobilized oxalate oxidase. The hydrogen peroxide generated is detected by chemiluminescence via reaction with luminol and hexacyanoferrate(III). Special empasis is placed on the role of L-ascorbic acid, which has been claimed to constitute the most serious interference in these types of assays. The possible elimination af this constituent by addition of sodium nitrite, as previously used in batch procedures, did not improve the selectivity of the approach. The FIA approach described, which has a detection limit (3[sgrave]) of 34 μM in undiluted urine samples and allows a sampling frequency of ca. 55 s/h, is shown to offer itself as convenient and rapid means for screening purposes.     

Flow injection determination of anisidine value in palm oil samples using a triiodide potentiometric detector

A flow injection analysis (FIA) procedure for the determination of anisidine value (AV) in palm olein using a triiodide detector is described. Undiluted oil sample and chloramine-T reagent were added to a reaction chamber, and reaction was accelerated by applying a short vortex action (typically for 30 s). After allowing the emulsified oil phase to be separated from the aqueous phase (bottom layer), an aliquot of the aqueous phase (containing unreacted chloramine-T) was aspirated into a carrier stream that contained I⁻ where the chloramine-T oxidized the I⁻ to form I₃⁻ which was finally detected by a flow-through triiodide potentiometric detector. Variables that affect the FIA signals such as size of the reaction chamber, oil and reagent flow rates, chloramine-T concentration, vortex time, time for phase separation, carrier stream pH and injected volume were studied. The optimized FIA procedure is linear over 1.0-23.0 AV. The method exhibits good repeatabililty (R.S.D. of ±3.16% (n = 4) for the determination of 5.0 AV) and a sampling rate of 40 samples per hour was achieved. Good correlation (r² = 0.996 (n = 4)) between the proposed method and the manual American Oil Chemists’ Society procedure was found when applied to the determination of twenty different types of palm olein samples.     

Flow injection determination of peroxide value in edible oils using triiodide detector

A flow injection analysis (FIA) method for the determination of peroxide value (PV) in edible oils is described. Oil sample (undiluted) and KI reagent were aspirated into a homemade reaction chamber where the redox reaction between iodide in the aqueous phase and hydroperoxides in the oil was effected by applying a short (typically 30 s) vortex action. After allowing for the emulsified oil phase to be separated from the aqueous phase (bottom layer), an aliquot of the aqueous phase containing triiodide was next aspirated to the surface of a triiodide-selective membrane for detection. The optimized FIA procedure is linear over 0.35-28.0 PV (mequiv. O₂/kg) with a detection limit of 0.32 PV. Exhibiting good reproducibility (R.S.D. of 2.7% (n = 8) for the determination of 1.1 PV) and sampling rate of 80 samples h⁻¹, the proposed method, unlike previous FIA procedures, completely eliminated the use of organic solvents (except the use of 2-propanol for cleaning of reaction chamber). Excellent correlation (R² = 0.9949) between the proposed method and the manual official AOCS method was found when applied to the determination of PV in diverse type of edible oils (n = 20).     

Electroanalytical Study of the Pesticide Asulam

The electrochemical behaviour of the herbicide Asulam was studied by cyclic and square wave voltammetry. Asulam may be irreversibly oxidised at a glassy carbon electrode. Maximum currents were obtained at pH = 1.9 in aqueous electrolyte solution. Based on the electrochemical behaviour of Asulam, two analytical methodologies were developed for its determination in water samples, using square wave voltammetry (SWV) and flow injection analysis (FIA) coupled with an amperometric detector. Limits of detection of 7.1 2 10 m 6 mol L m 1 and 1.2 2 10 m 8 mol L m 1 for SWV and FIA respectively, were achieved. Repeatability was calculated by assessing the relative standard deviation (%) for 10 consecutive determinations of one sample. The found values were 2.1% for SWV and 5.0% for FIA. Validation of the results provided by SWV and FIA methodologies was performed by comparison with results from an HPLC-DAD technique. Good relative deviations were found (< 5%). Recovery trials were performed to assess the accuracy of the results and the obtained values were between 84% and 107% for both methods.     

Automated Method for the Total Creatinine Determination in Dehydrated Broths

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In order to improve the quality control of dehydrated broth, a new automated method was developed to determine total creatinine in dehydrated broths. The sample pretreatment was coupled on‐line with the Flow Injection Analysis (FIA) system for analyte determination by the classical Jaffé reaction, stopped flow methodology, and spectrophotometric detection. The time consumed was reduced from 7 h, which is necessary with the official method, to 25 min. The calibration graph is linear between 0.342–1.368 mg creatinine/100 mL. The relative standard deviation (RSD%) was 1.7%, the sample throughput was 7 h^?1, and the detection limit was 0.185 mg creatinine/100 mL. The validation of the proposed method was carried out with real samples. The obtained results were compared with those obtained from the Association of Official Analytical Chemists (AOAC) reference method.     

Creatinine biosensor based on ammonium ion selective electrode and its application in flow-injection analysis

A new, highly sensitive, fast responding and stable potentiometric biosensor for creatinine determination is developed. The biosensor is based on an ammonium ion-selective electrode. Creatinine deiminase (EC 3.5.4.21) is chemically immobilized on the surface of the polymeric ion-sensitive membrane in the form of monomolecular layer using a simple, one-step carbodiimide covalent attachment method. The resulting enzyme electrodes are useful for measurement under flow injection analysis (FIA) conditions. The biosensors exhibit excellent operational and storage stability. The enzyme electrodes retain over 70% of initial sensitivity after ten weeks of work under FIA conditions. The storage stability at 4 °C is longer than half a year without loss of sensitivity. Under optimized conditions near 30 samples per hour can be analyzed and the determination range (0.02-20.0 mmol l⁻¹) fully covers creatinine concentrations important from clinical and biomedical point of view. The simple biosensor/FIA system has been successfully used for determination of creatinine in urine, serum and posthemodialysate samples.