Determination of epinephrine and dopamine in pharmaceutical formulations using a biosensor based on carbon paste modified with crude extract of cara root (Dioscorea bulbifera)

Abstract A biosensor based on carbon paste modified with crude extract of cara root (Dioscorea bulbifera) is proposed for the determination of epinephrine and dopamine in pharmaceutical formulations. After selection of the extraction medium, a crude extract of cara root was used as enzymatic source of polyphenol oxidase (PPO; tyrosinase; catechol oxidase; E.C:1.14.18.1). This enzyme catalyses the oxidation of epinephrine and dopamine to corresponding epinephrinequinone and dopaminequinone. A voltammetric study was performed by scanning the potential between +0.4 and −0.4 V. This biosensor provides a linear response for epinephrine in the concentration range from 2.0 × 10−4 to 1.2 × 10−3 mol L−1 at Epc = −0.14 V (electrochemical reduction of epinechrome to epinephrine) and for dopamine in the concentration range from 2.0 × 10−3 to 8.0 × 10−3 mol L−1 at Epc = +0.15 V (electrochemical reduction of dopaminequinone to dopamine). The detection limit (three times the signal blank/slope) was 8.2 × 10−5 mol L−1 an...

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