文摘
A biosensor for malic acid detection in fruit juices, based on malate dehydrogenase (MDH) glutamate oxaloacetate transaminase (GOT) in a powder vitreous carbon, carbon nanotubes and mineral oil, composite matrix has been developed. By employing amperometry at a constant potential of 0.4 V (vs. Ag/AgCl), an enzymatic reaction promoted by these species in a support solution Mc Ilvaine buffer (phosphate/citrate pH 10.0) with glutamic acid was generated, causing the oxidation of electro active species, that was stoichiometrically equal to the amount of malic acid present in the sample. The response was linear over the range 2–50 mM, with an analytical sensitivity of 2.24×10−4 to 2,55×10−4 AM−1 and r2=0.9980 to 0.9983, a LOD of 4.02 μM and LOQ of 13.4 μM. Malic acid concentration detected was 0.23–1.07 g/L in fruit juice samples. Results were validated using an enzymatic spectrophotometric method as a reference. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first bienzymatic biosensor using both malate dehydrogenase and glutamate oxaloacetate transaminase enzymes.