Biossensores Enzimáticos para Detecção e Quantificação de Carbamatos em Amostras de Alimentos.

• Ano de defesa: 2013
• Autor(a) principal: Oliveira, Thiago Mielle Brito Ferreira
• Tipo de documento: Tese
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Palavras-chave em Português: Carbamatos; Polifenoloxidases; Nanomateriais; Filmes condutores
• Link de acesso: http://www.repositorio.ufc.br/handle/riufc/15599

This work contemplates three strategies for carbamate pesticides (CBM) biosensing in natural food, using polyphenoloxidases based biosensors as analytical device: (i) carbon nanotubes paste electrode (CNPE) modified with laccase from Tramites versicolor (LACC), namely as LACC-CNPE; (ii) graphene paste electrode (GPE) modified with Prussian Blue films (PB), followed by the LACC immobilization by drop coating, namely as LACC/PB/GPE; and (iii) GPE modified by the electrodeposition of a hybrid film composed for chitosan (CS), gold nanoparticles (AuNp) and a mixing of LACC and tyrosinase from Agaricus bisposrus (TYR), namely as LACC-TYR-AuNp-CS/GPE. Based on 4-aminophenol (4-AMP) redox process, the presence of carbon nanotubes and graphene allowed several advantages to the devices, such as: increase of the peak currents values, catalysis of the redox process, improvement of the reversibility and electronic-transfer kinetic. PB films (direct enzymatic immobilization without cross-linking reagent), CS (suitable biocompatibility, higher immobilization and fixation of the enzymes) and AuNp (reduction of the charge-transfer resistance) also showed important role on biosensors electrodic configuration. Analytical curves were constructed by square-wave voltammetry, based on CBM (carbofuran, carbaryl, formetanate, pirimicarb, propoxur and ziram) capability to inhibit the polyphenoloxidase activity. In general, the proposed procedures had sensitivity (detection limits ranging from 0.001 to 0.093 mg kg-1) in compliance with the maximum limit established by Brazilian and European food surveillance and control agencies for the analysis of CBM residues in vegetable crops (tomato, lettuce and potato) and citrus fruits (orange, tangerine and lemon), with negligent interfering effect. Recuperation experiments were carried out with QuEChERS extracts of the samples, allowing recuperation values from 91.0 ± 0.1% to 101.1 ± 0.1%; for spiking levels from 0.01 to 3.14 mg kg-1. Thus, LACC-CNPE, LACC/PB/GPE and LACC-TYR-AuNp-CS/GPE are promisor tools for CBM analysis in food matrices.