PMID- 37821036 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20231030 LR - 20231110 IS - 1096-0309 (Electronic) IS - 0003-2697 (Linking) VI - 682 DP - 2023 Dec 1 TI - A novel molecularly imprinted electrochemical sensor for the ultrasensitive detection of tert-butylhydroquinone in edible oils. PG - 115348 LID - S0003-2697(23)00313-5 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.ab.2023.115348 [doi] AB - Tert-butylhydroquinone (TBHQ) is widely used to increase the stability of food products; however, it is considered to be a highly unsafe preservative ingredient that has caused serious damage to human health. Thus, in this paper, a novel molecularly imprinted electrochemical sensor was designed for ultrasensitive, and selective detection of TBHQ in edible oils. The sensor was based on the molecularly imprinted polymer (MIP) synthesized with multiwalled carbon nanotube (MWCNT), and gold nanoparticle (GNP), as the coating materials, o-phenylenediamine (o-PDA) as the functional monomer, and TBHQ as the template molecule. The electrochemical behavior of MIP/GNP/MWCNT/GCE was studied using several electrochemical methods, which showed a low detection limit of 5 nM. Furthermore the sensor demostrated excellent stability, selectivity, repeatability, and reproducibility. It was successfully used to detect TBHQ in edible oils, with recoveries ranging from 98.44% to 102.09% and relative standard deviations (RSDs) of less than 2.16%, indicating that TBHQ detection in actual samples is both possible and accurate. CI - Copyright (c) 2023. Published by Elsevier Inc. FAU - Mohammed Albayati, Safaa Hashim AU - Mohammed Albayati SH AD - Northern Technical University, College of Health and Medical Techniques, Department of Renal Dialysis Techniques, Kirkuk, Iraq. FAU - Ustundag, Zafer AU - Ustundag Z AD - Dumlupinar University, Faculty of Science, Department of Chemistry, Kutahya, Turkiye. FAU - Soylu, Pervin AU - Soylu P AD - Selcuk University, Faculty of Science, Department of Chemistry, 42031, Konya, Turkiye. Electronic address: pervindeveci@gmail.com. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20231013 PL - United States TA - Anal Biochem JT - Analytical biochemistry JID - 0370535 RN - C12674942B (2-tert-butylhydroquinone) RN - 0 (Polymers) RN - 7440-57-5 (Gold) RN - 0 (Oils) SB - IM MH - Humans MH - Polymers/chemistry MH - Gold/chemistry MH - Reproducibility of Results MH - *Metal Nanoparticles/chemistry MH - Oils MH - Electrochemical Techniques/methods MH - Limit of Detection MH - *Molecular Imprinting/methods MH - Electrodes OTO - NOTNLM OT - Edible oils OT - Food preservatives OT - Gold nanoparticles OT - Molecular imprinting techniques OT - Phenolic antioxidants COIS- Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper. EDAT- 2023/10/12 00:43 MHDA- 2023/10/30 06:46 CRDT- 2023/10/11 19:41 PHST- 2023/08/22 00:00 [received] PHST- 2023/09/22 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2023/10/08 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2023/10/30 06:46 [medline] PHST- 2023/10/12 00:43 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/10/11 19:41 [entrez] AID - S0003-2697(23)00313-5 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.ab.2023.115348 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Anal Biochem. 2023 Dec 1;682:115348. doi: 10.1016/j.ab.2023.115348. Epub 2023 Oct 13.