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Determination of catechin in green tea using a catechol oxidase biomimetic sensor

2008; Brazilian Chemical Society; Volume: 19; Issue: 6 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1590/s0103-50532008000600024

ISSN

1678-4790

Autores

Suellen Cadorin Fernandes, Renata El-Hage Meyer de Barros Osório, Ademir dos Anjos, Ademir Neves, Gustavo Amadeu Micke, Iolanda Cruz Vieira,

Tópico(s)

Analytical Chemistry and Sensors

Resumo

A catechol oxidase biomimetic sensor, based on a novel copper(II) complex, was developed for the determination of catechin in green tea and the results were compared with those obtained by capillary electrophoresis. The dinuclear copper(II) complex, [Cu2(HL)(µ-CH3COO)](ClO4), containing the ligand N,N-[bis-(2-pyridylmethyl)]-N',N'-[(2-hydroxybenzyl)(2-hydroxy-3,5-di-tert-butylbenzyl)]-1,3-propanediamine-2-ol (H3L), was synthesized and characterized by IR, ¹H NMR and elemental analysis. The best conditions for the optimization of the biomimetic sensor were established by square wave voltammetry. The best performance for this sensor was obtained in 75:15:10% (m/m/m) of the graphite powder:nujol:copper(II) complex, 0.05 mol L-1 phosphate buffer solution (pH 7.5) and frequency, pulse amplitude, scan increment at 30 Hz, 80 mV, 3.3 mV, respectively. The analytical curve was linear in the concentration range 4.95 × 10-6 to 3.27 × 10-5 mol L-1 (r = 0.9993) with a detection limit of 2.8 × 10-7 mol L-1. This biomimetic sensor demonstrated long-term stability (9 months; 800 determinations) and reproducibility with a relative standard deviation of 3.5%. The recovery of catechin from green tea samples ranged from 93.8 to 106.9% and the determination, compared with that obtained using capillary electrophoresis, was found to be acceptable at the 95% confidence level.

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