Simple detector for oral malodour based on spectrofluorimetric measurements of hydrogen sulphide in mouth air
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- 作者：Rodrí ; guez-Ferná ; ndez ; Julio ; Manuel Costa ; Jose ; Pereiro ; Rosario ; Sanz-Medel ; Alfredo
- 关键词：Hydrogen sulphide ; Chemical sensors ; Fluorimetry ; 2 ; 2&prime ; -Pyridylbenzimidazole ; Halitosis
- 刊名：Analytica Chimica Acta
- 出版年：1999
- 出版时间：October 11, 1999
- 年：1999
- 卷：398
- 期：1
- 页码：23-31
- 全文大小：270 K
文摘
A sensing phase for spectrofluorimetric determination of hydrogen sulphide in mouth air, by immobilizing in a silica gel support the complex formed between Hg(II) and 2,2′-Pyridylbenzimidazole, has been developed. The sensing scheme is based on the fluorescence intensity increase of the solid phase upon reaction of hydrogen sulphide with the Hg(II), present in the non-fluorescent binary complex, with release of the fluorescent reagents.
Abstract
The developed sensing phase exhibits a response time of less than 2 min for hydrogen sulphide concentrations in the linear range. The 3σ detection limit is 4 ppb (v/v) of hydrogen sulphide and the linear range extends up to 200 ppb. The system has been successfully assayed for the measurement of human oral malodour and the results validated by comparison with those obtained for the same patients using a commercially available instrument based on electrochemical measurements.