PMID- 28860746 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20171218 LR - 20181202 IS - 1178-2013 (Electronic) IS - 1176-9114 (Print) IS - 1176-9114 (Linking) VI - 12 DP - 2017 TI - Highly sensitive voltamperometric determination of pyritinol using carbon nanofiber/gold nanoparticle composite screen-printed carbon electrode. PG - 5177-5188 LID - 10.2147/IJN.S138978 [doi] AB - A novel and highly sensitive electrochemical method for the detection of pyritinol in pharmaceutical products and serum samples has been accomplished based on voltamperometric response of pyritinol in carbon nanofiber-gold nanoparticle (CNF-GNP)-modified screen-printed carbon electrode (SPCE). The electrochemical response of pyritinol to CNF-GNP-modified SPCE was studied by cyclic voltammetry and square-wave voltammetry (SWV). Under optimized working conditions, the novel sensor shows excellent voltamperometric response toward pyritinol. The SWV study shows significantly enhanced electrochemical response for pyritinol in CNF-GNP-modified SPCE providing high sensitivity to the novel sensor for pyritinol detection. The peak current for pyritinol is found to be linear with the concentration in the range 1.0x10(-8)-5.0x10(-5) M with a detection limit of 6.23x10(-9) M using SWV as the detection method. The viability of the new developed sensor for the analytical purposes was studied by performing experiments on various commercial pharmaceutical products and blood serum samples, which yielded adequate recoveries of pyritinol. The novel electrochemical sensor provides high sensitivity, enhanced selectivity, good reproducibility and practical applicability. FAU - Apetrei, Irina Mirela AU - Apetrei IM AD - Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Medical and Pharmaceutical Research Center, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy. FAU - Apetrei, Constantin AU - Apetrei C AD - Department of Chemistry, Physics and Environment, Faculty of Sciences and Environment, "Dunarea de Jos" University of Galati, Galati, Romania. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20170721 PL - New Zealand TA - Int J Nanomedicine JT - International journal of nanomedicine JID - 101263847 RN - 7440-44-0 (Carbon) RN - 7440-57-5 (Gold) RN - AK5Q5FZH2R (Pyrithioxin) SB - IM MH - Carbon/chemistry MH - Electrochemical Techniques/instrumentation/*methods MH - *Electrodes MH - Equipment Design MH - Gold/chemistry MH - Limit of Detection MH - Nanofibers/*chemistry MH - Nanoparticles/*chemistry MH - Pyrithioxin/*analysis/blood MH - Reproducibility of Results MH - Sensitivity and Specificity PMC - PMC5560415 OTO - NOTNLM OT - carbon nanofiber OT - gold nanoparticle OT - pyritinol OT - sensor OT - square-wave voltammetry COIS- Disclosure The authors report no conflicts of interest in this work. EDAT- 2017/09/02 06:00 MHDA- 2017/12/19 06:00 PMCR- 2017/07/21 CRDT- 2017/09/02 06:00 PHST- 2017/09/02 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2017/09/02 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2017/12/19 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2017/07/21 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - ijn-12-5177 [pii] AID - 10.2147/IJN.S138978 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Int J Nanomedicine. 2017 Jul 21;12:5177-5188. doi: 10.2147/IJN.S138978. eCollection 2017.