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ArticleScientific reports2015

Lignocellulose-based analytical devices: bamboo as an analytical platform for chemical detection.

Chen-Meng Kuan, Roger L York, Chao-Min Cheng

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Article in Scientific reports, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12citing papers in PubMed
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12 citing papers in PubMed, 49 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Chen-Meng KuanInstitute of Nanoengineering and Microsystems, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan.
Roger L YorkDavid H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
Chao-Min ChengInstitute of Biomedical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan.
National Tsing Hua University · TWMassachusetts Institute of Technology · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This article describes the development of lignocellulose-based analytical devices (LADs) for rapid bioanalysis in low-resource settings. LADs are constructed using either a single lignocellulose or a hybrid design consisting of multiple types of lignocellulose. LADs are simple, low-cost, easy to use, provide rapid response, and do not require external instrumentation during operation. Here, we demonstrate the implementation of LADs for food and water safety (i.e., nitrite assay in hot-pot soup, bacterial detection in water, and resazurin assay in milk) and urinalysis (i.e., nitrite, urobilinogen, and pH assays in human urine). Notably, we created a unique approach using simple chemicals to achieve sensitivity similar to that of commercially available immunochromatographic strips that is low-cost, and provides on-site, rapid detection, for instance, of Eschericia coli (E. coli) in water.

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Biosensing TechniquesAnimalsColorimetryFood MicrobiologyHumansLigninMilkSasaUrinalysisLigninlignocellulose

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PMID26686576
PMCPMC4685277
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