Disposable Electrochemical Sensor for Food Colorants Detection by Reduced Graphene Oxide and Methionine Film Modified Screen Printed Carbon Electrode

A facile synthesis of reduced graphene oxide (rGO) and methionine film modified screen printed carbon electrode (rGO-methionine/SPCE) was proposed as a disposable sensor for determination of food colorants including amaranth, tartrazine, sunset yellow, and carminic acid. The fabrication process can be achieved in only 2 steps including drop-casting of rGO and electropolymerization of poly(L-methionine) film on SPCE. Surface morphology of modified electrode was studied by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). This work showed a successfully developed novel disposable sensor for detection of all 4 dyes as food colorants. The electrochemical behavior of all 4 food colorants were investigated on modified electrodes. The rGO-methionine/SPCE significantly enhanced catalytic activity of all 4 dyes. The pH value and accumulation time were optimized to obtain optimal condition of each colorant. Differential pulse voltammetry (DPV) was used for determination, and two linear detection ranges were observed for each dye. Linear detection ranges were found from 1 to 10 and 10 to 100 µM for amaranth, 1 to 10 and 10 to 85 µM for tartrazine, 1 to 10 and 10 to 50 µM for sunset yellow, and 1 to 20 and 20 to 60 µM for carminic acid. The limit of detection (LOD) was calculated at 57, 41, 48, and 36 nM for amaranth, tartrazine, sunset yellow, and carminic acid, respectively. In addition, the modified sensor also demonstrated high tolerance to interference substances, good repeatability, and high performance for real sample analysis.     

Synthesis of molecularly imprinted polymer nanoparticles for the fast and highly selective adsorption of sunset yellow

Novel molecularly imprinted polymer nanoparticles were synthesized by precipitation polymerization with sunset yellow as the template and [2‐(methacryloyloxy)ethyl] trimethylammonium chloride as the functional monomer. The molecularly imprinted polymer nanoparticles were characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, and their specific surface area and thermal stability were measured. The molecularly imprinted polymer nanoparticles had a high adsorption capacity in wide pH range (pH 1–8) for sunset yellow. The adsorption equilibrium only needed 5 min, and the quantitative desorption was very fast (1 min) by using 10.0 mol/L HCl as the eluant. The maximum adsorption capacity of the molecularly imprinted polymer nanoparticles for sunset yellow was 144.6 mg/g. The adsorption isotherm and kinetic were well consistent with Langmuir adsorption model and pseudo‐second‐order kinetic model, respectively. The relative selectivity coefficients of the molecularly imprinted polymer nanoparticles for tartrazine and carmine were 9.766 and 12.64, respectively. The prepared molecularly imprinted polymer nanoparticles were repeatedly used and regenerated ten times without significant absorption capacity decrease.     

有机-无机杂化聚离子液体材料制备及其对染料吸附性能的评价

以烯丙基三乙氧基硅烷与1-乙烯基-3-辛基咪唑溴盐离子液体为单体通过自由基聚合及溶胶-凝胶制备了有机-无机杂化聚离子液体材料。通过红外光谱和扫描电镜对所制备的杂化聚离子液体材料进行了表征,并考察了其对柠檬黄、日落黄、苋菜红以及诱惑红等常见染料的吸附性能。研究结果表明:所制备的聚离子液体材料对日落黄和诱惑红具有优异的吸附性能,其吸附容量分别为29.20和86.17 mg/g;当吸附时间为5 min时,该材料对诱惑红和日落黄的吸附分别达到平衡时吸附量的87.5%和72.8%,显示了较快的吸附速率。     

液相色谱法测定果蔬汁中柠檬黄和日落黄方法优化

对液相色谱法测定果蔬汁中柠檬黄和日落黄进行了方法优化,对色谱条件进行了调整,采用ODS-C18型(250 mm×4.6 mm)色谱柱,流动相甲醇-0.02 mol/L乙酸铵(体积比40∶60,pH4),流速为0.6 mL/min。采用紫外检测器,柠檬黄检测波长为430 nm,日落黄检测波长为510 nm。该方法测定结果的相对标准偏差为柠檬黄1.3%(n=4)、日落黄2.3%(n=4)。柠檬黄和日落黄的平均回收率分别为84.17%、88.33%。该法满足实验要求。     

Spectrophotometric multicomponent determination of sunset yellow, tartrazine and allura red in soft drink powder by double divisor-ratio spectra derivative, inverse least-squares and principal component regression methods

Double divisor-ratio spectra derivative (graphical method), classical least-squares and principal component regression (two numerical methods) methods were developed for the spectrophotometric multicomponent analysis of soft drink powders and synthetic mixtures containing three colorants without any chemical separation. The graphical method is based on the use of derivative signals of the ratio spectra using double divisor. In this method, the linear determination ranges were 2-8 mug ml(-1) sunset yellow, 4-18 mug ml(-1) tartrazine and 2-8 mug ml(-1) allura red in 0.1 M HCl. In the numerical methods, a training set was randomly prepared by using 18 samples containing between 0 and 8 mug ml(-1) of sunset yellow, 0-18 mug ml(-1) of tartrazine and 0-8 mug ml(-1) of allura red. The chemometric calibrations were calculated by using the prepared training set and its absorbances at seven points (from 375.0 to 550.0 nm) in the spectral region 325-584 nm. The proposed methods were validated by using synthetic ternary mixtures and applied to the simultaneous determination of three colorants in soft drink powders. The obtained results were statistically compared with each other.     

Large‐volume sample stacking with polarity switching for analysis of azo dyes in water samples by capillary electrophoresis

ABSTRACT

A simple, fast and efficient on-line pre-concentration method (large-volume sample stacking) by capillary electrophoresis was proposed for determination of azo dyes residues (allura red [AR], sunset yellow [SY] and tartrazine [TAR]) in water samples. Pre-concentration variables involved in the system were optimised using of a Box–Bhenken design. Under the optimal conditions: injection time 150.0 s, pre-concentration time 120.0 s and reverse potential ?8.0 kV, the proposed methodology improved the analytical sensibility achieving limits of detection of 21.0–41.4 µg L^?1 with enrichment factors of 82.1–210.8 fold. The large-volume sample stacking-capillary electrophoresis method was validated and applied to determine azo dyes residues in 20 water samples (bottled, spring and tap water). Two samples were positive for sunset yellow and tartrazine with a concentration of 25.3 and 30.2 µg L^?1 and % RSD less than 10.0% in all cases.     

食品中柠檬黄铝色淀和日落黄铝色淀的毛细管区带电泳分析

发展了一种新的采用毛细管区带电泳分析柠檬黄铝色淀和日落黄铝色淀的方法。通过前处理步骤成功实现了铝色淀中铝基质与色素的分离。利用石英毛细管柱（48.50 cm（有效长度40.00 cm）×50 μm）,分别针对柠檬黄铝色淀和日落黄铝色淀进行了电泳条件的优化,并得到最优分离结果。所建立的定量分析方法的检出限对于柠檬黄铝色淀和日落黄铝色淀分别达0.26 mg/L和0.27 mg/L,线性范围分别为0.53~1.3×10²mg/L和0.54~1.4×10²mg/L,两种被分析物的测定重复性（RSD,n=6）分别为4.3%和5.7%,日间重复性（RSD,n=6）分别为5.6%和6.0%。经过更深入研究后,该方法可以发展为食品中相应色淀的检测方法。     

Evaluation of complex spectral-pH three-way arrays by modified bilinear least-squares: determination of four different dyes in interfering systems

This article reports on the first application of a modified version of the bilinear least-squares model to absorbance-pH second-order data recorded for complex samples. The latter are composed of fruit drink powders, where four different analytes and additional background components occur. The analytes are the common juice colorants tartrazine, yellow sunset, allura red and indigo carmine. The data have been measured after generating a double pH gradient within a flow injection system. The selected chemometric methodology adequately exploits the second-order advantage, needed to take into account the background interferents present in real samples. Due to severe spectral overlapping between the acid and basic forms of each of the colorants in the working pH range, other second-order multivariate calibration methods such as parallel factor analysis and multivariate curve resolution-alternating least-squares could not be successfully applied to the presently studied samples. Recoveries of 94.8, 104.7, 109.3 and 105.3% were obtained for yellow sunset, indigo carmine, allura red and tartrazine respectively in the real test samples.     

Azo dyes degradation using TiO2-Pt/graphene oxide and TiO2-Pt/reduced graphene oxide photocatalysts under UV and natural sunlight irradiation

The photocatalytic degradation of azo dyes with different structures (amaranth, sunset yellow and tartrazine) using TiO₂-Pt nanoparticles (TPt), TiO₂-Pt/graphene oxide (TPt-GO) and TiO₂-Pt/reduced graphene oxide (TPt-rGO) composites were investigated in the presence of UV and natural sunlight irradiation. The composites were prepared by a combined chemical-thermal method and characterized by Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM), X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), Infrared (FTIR) and UV–Vis spectroscopy. The modification of TiO₂-Pt with graphene oxide shifted its optical absorption edge towards the visible region and increased its photocatalytic activity under UV and natural sunlight irradiation. The efficiency of catalysts on azo dyes degradation (in similar conditions) reached high values (above 99%) under sunlight conditions, proving the remarkable photocatalytic activities of obtained composites. TPt-GO nanocomposite exhibited higher photoactivity than TPt or TPt-rGO, demonstrating degradation efficiencies of 99.56% for amaranth, 99.15% for sunset yellow and 96.23% for tartrazine. The dye photodegradation process follows a pseudo-first-order kinetic with respect to the Langmuir-Hinshelwood reaction mechanism. A direct dependence between azo dyes degradation rate and chemical structure of dyes has been observed.     

高效液相色谱法同时测定榨菜中的10种食品添加剂

建立了高效液相色谱法直接测定榨菜中的防腐剂、甜味剂、合成着色剂的方法.采用C18柱以甲醇-乙酸按(0.02 mot/L)为流动相,紫外检测波长为230,254 nm,可在25 min内将苯甲酸、山梨酸、脱氮乙酸、对羟基苯甲酸乙酯、对羟基苯甲酸丙酯、糖精钠、乙酰磺胺酸钾(安赛蜜)、天门冬酰苯丙胺酸甲酯(阿斯巴甜)、柠檬黄...     

混合食用色素的卡尔曼滤波光度分析

本文用联机卡尔曼滤波光度法成功地同时测定了混合合成食用色素样品中五个组分。它们分别是40号红、苋菜红、柠檬黄、日落黄和亮蓝。方法准确、快速,无需予分离。     

三种食用色素的电化学行为的理论计算与验证

用量子理论计算柠檬黄、日落黄、胭脂红的相对焓（Hm）、相对熵（Sm），计算柠檬黄、日落黄、胭脂红的还原电位分别为-0．969，-0．901，-0．854V（vs．Ag／AgCl／Cl）。探讨了琼脂对色素的电催化机理，采用循环伏安法在玻碳琼脂电极上研究了食用色素柠檬黄、日落黄、胭脂红的电化学行为，分别于-1．064，-0．910，-0．882V（vs．Ag／AgCl／Cl）产生还原峰，理论预测与试验结果基本一致。     

Food dyes screening using electrochemistry approach in solid state: the case of sunset yellow dye electrochemical behavior

Concerning the importance of the identification and characterization of food dyes in food science, this work presents a screening method using voltammetry of immobilized microparticles for identification in solid state of sunset yellow, tartrazine yellow, brilliant blue, indigotine, and erythrosine in food matrices. Different aqueous supporting electrolyte were investigated for screening purpose and NaCl 0.1 mol L⁻¹ showed to be suitable for evaluating dyes in solid state. By using square wave voltammetry as detection mode was possible to establish qualitative diagnostic criteria for identification of dyes in commercials powder of food dyes samples using both anodic and cathodic scan. Moreover, based on the solid-state electrochemistry profile and due to the lack of information about the electrochemical behavior of these compounds in solid state, some oxi/reduction pathways could be elucidated, and special attention was given to the case of sunset yellow dye.

     

酸度分布-吸收光谱法用于灰色体系中食用色素的定量分析

利用合成色素随ｐＨ变化的人分布分数曲线和吸收光谱构成两维波谱信息,建立了灰色体系中色素的定量分析方法。约束背景双线性分解法（ＣＢＢＬ）结合数值遗传算法（ＮＧＡ）用于两维矩阵的数据处理。推导了型体总数与两维矩阵的有效秩之间的关系。吸光度矩阵的主成分数根据残余矩阵的残差平方和噪声水平相比较 确定,对标准样品及模拟灰色体系样品的研究表明该法确定的主成分数与理论值一致。对胭脂红、日落黄和柠檬黄的模拟灰色休     

Carbon Paste Composite with Co3O4 as a New Electrochemical Sensor for the Detection of Allura Red by Reduction

The detection of Allura red (AR) by electrochemical reduction using a different electrode from the conventional mercury electrode is presented. A carbon paste with cobalt (II, III) oxide composite electrode (CoO_x/CPE) is reported for the first time for the detection of AR. Moreover, others dyes such as tartrazine (TZ), sunset yellow (SY), amaranth (AM), Ponceaut 4‐R (P‐4R), and Sudan (SD) as well as pharmaceutical agents such as paracetamol (PMC) that are present in samples that contained AR did not show a reduced signal between 0.0 and ?0.3 V, which is the potential range where AR reduction was observed. The surface electroactivity was studied using cyclic voltammetry (CV), electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The presence of CoO_X increased the cathodic peak current for AR by more than 50 % and 65 % via CV and square wave voltammetry (SWV), respectively, compared with an unmodified carbon paste electrode. Under the optimal parameters, (pH=3.0, accumulation time (t_ACC)=60 s and accumulation potential (E_ACC)=0.50 V), the detection limit for AR was 0.05 μmol L^?1. The new sensor was sensitive and stable for the detection of AR. Moreover, it was easily manufactured and very convenient for food samples such as soft and isotonic drinks as well as chili sauce.     

高效液相色谱法同时测定蜜饯中的16种食品添加剂

建立了同时检测蜜饯中16种食品添加剂(安赛蜜、糖精钠、苯甲酸、山梨酸、脱氢乙酸、新红、诱惑红、柠檬黄、苋菜红、胭脂红、日落黄、亮蓝、赤藓红、对羟基苯甲酸甲酯、对羟基苯甲酸乙酯、对羟基苯甲酸丙酯)含量的高效液相色谱法.选用Athena C18-wp色谱柱(4.6 mm×250 mm,5 μm),以0.02mol/L乙酸铵...     

迭代目标转换因子分析法在吸附伏安法中的应用──混合色素的同时测定

将迭代目标转换因子分析法应用于混合色素溶液吸附伏安波谱的解析,完成了苋菜红、日落黄、柠檬黄和胭脂红混合色素在磷酸氢二钠-柠檬酸缓冲溶液(pH=5.7)中的吸附伏安法同时测定,取得了较满意的结果。     

Effects of synthetic food colorants on the interaction between norfloxacin and bovine serum albumin by fluorescence spectroscopy

Abstract  

The effects of synthetic food colorants like tartrazine, sunset yellow, and erythrosine on the binding reaction between norfloxacin and bovine serum albumin (BSA) were investigated by fluorescence spectroscopy. Results showed that food colorants bound to BSA by van der Waals force and hydrogen bonding formation and norfloxacin by electrostatic interaction. In addition, marker competitive experiments suggested that the primary binding site for both norfloxacin and food colorants was located at subdomain IIA of BSA (site I). The presence of food colorants could alter the binding constant and distance between BSA and norfloxacin. The effects of colorants were dependent on their concentrations and binding affinity to BSA. The interaction could result in the change of the free, biologically active fraction of norfloxacin in blood.     

Facile preparation of nano-g-C3N4/UiO-66-NH2 composite as sorbent for high-efficient extraction and preconcentration of food colorants prior to HPLC analysis

In this work,the nano-g-C₃N₄/Ui O-66-NH₂composite was prepared by one-step solvothermal method.The as-prepared composite was characterized by scanning electron microscopy,Brunner-Emmet-Teller measurement,energy dispersive spectrometer,X-ray diffraction,and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy.By using nano-g-C₃N₄/Ui O-66-NH₂composite as sorbent,a dispersive solid-phase extraction coupled with high-performance liquid chromatogra...     

Simultaneous determination of the colorants tartrazine, ponceau 4R and sunset yellow FCF in foodstuffs by solid phase spectrophotometry using partial least squares multivariate calibration

A method is proposed for the simultaneous determination of the colorants tartrazine (TT), sunset yellow FCF (SY) and ponceau 4R (PR) in foods. The colorants were fixed in Sephadex DEAE A-25 gel at pH 2.0 and then packed in a 1-mm silica cell. The spectra of the analytes fixed in the solid support were recorded between 400 and 800 nm against a blank and the partial least squares (PLS) multivariate calibration was used to obtain the results. The linear dynamic ranges of the calibration graphs were from 50.0 to 650.0 ng ml(-1) for the three colorants and these ranges were taking in account the optimisation of the calibration matrix using the PLS-1 algorithm. The experimental results showed that the optimum number of factors for the calibration matrix was four in all instances and the residual means standard deviation was 5.5267 for SY, 6.3878 for TT and 6.9816 for PR. The square of the correlation coefficients were 0.9977, 0.9978 and 0.9954 for SY, TT and PR respectively. The method was applied to the determination of the colorants in foods and results were compared with those obtained by means of HPLC as reference method. The results obtained can be considered as acceptable in most cases (eight of nine commercial samples). The relative standard deviations ranging between 0.5 and 10.8 for the commercial samples analysed.