Development of an antibody-based amperometric biosensor to study the reaction of 7-hydroxycoumarin with its specific antibody
- 1 January 1993
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in The Analyst
- Vol. 118 (4) , 411-413
- https://doi.org/10.1039/an9931800411
Abstract
An amperometric biosensor, based on an anti-7-hydroxycoumarin (7-OH-coumarin) antibody immobilized at the surface of a glassy carbon electrode, and contained behind a cellulose dialysis membrane, is described. The electrochemical behaviour of this metabolite at the bare glassy carbon electrode was found to be will defined by using differential-pulse voltammetry, and a 90% decrease in peak height was observed on binding of the antibody to the antigen, which occurs at the electroactive site of 7-OH-coumarin. The kinetics of the antibody–antigen reaction was investigated and a first-order reaction was observed with k= 0.0329 mA min–1. This system provides a novel method for studying antibody specificity and the kinetics of such antibody–antigen interactions.Keywords
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