Simultaneous determination of dopamine and serotonin on a glassy carbon electrode coated with a film of carbon nanotubes

Anal Biochem. 2003 Jul 1;318(1):100-6. doi: 10.1016/s0003-2697(03)00174-x.

Abstract

A chemically modified electrode based on the carbon nanotube film-coated glassy carbon electrode (GCE) is described for the simultaneous determination of dopamine (DA) and serotonin (5-HT). The multiwall carbon nanotube (MWNT) film-coated GCE exhibits a marked enhancement effect on the current response of DA and 5-HT and lowers oxidation overpotentials. The responses of DA and 5-HT merge into a large peak at a bare GCE, but they yield two well-defined oxidation peaks at the MWNT film-coated GCE. The experimental parameters were optimized, and a direct electrochemical method for the simultaneous determination of DA and 5-HT was proposed. The interference of ascorbic acid (AA) was investigated, and the results showed that a large excess of AA did not interfere with the voltammetric responses of DA and 5-HT. The modified electrode has been successfully applied for the assay of 5-HT and DA in human blood serum.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adsorption
  • Ascorbic Acid
  • Carbon / chemistry
  • Dopamine / analysis*
  • Dopamine / blood
  • Electrochemistry / methods*
  • Electrodes
  • Humans
  • Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
  • Nanotechnology
  • Nanotubes, Carbon*
  • Organophosphates
  • Oxidation-Reduction
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Serotonin / analysis*
  • Serotonin / blood
  • Uric Acid

Substances

  • Nanotubes, Carbon
  • Organophosphates
  • Uric Acid
  • dicetylphosphate
  • Serotonin
  • Carbon
  • Ascorbic Acid
  • Dopamine