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ReviewBiosensors2018

Electrochemical Biosensors: A Solution to Pollution Detection with Reference to Environmental Contaminants.

Gustavo Hernandez-Vargas, Juan Eduardo Sosa-Hernández, Sara Saldarriaga-Hernandez, Angel M Villalba-Rodríguez, Roberto Parra-Saldivar, Hafiz M N Iqbal

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Review in Biosensors, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers.

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35citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

35 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Gustavo Hernandez-VargasTecnologico de Monterrey, School of Engineering and Sciences, Campus Monterrey, Ave. Eugenio Garza Sada 2501, CP 64849, Monterrey, N.L., Mexico. gushdzv@gmail.com.
Juan Eduardo Sosa-HernándezTecnologico de Monterrey, School of Engineering and Sciences, Campus Monterrey, Ave. Eugenio Garza Sada 2501, CP 64849, Monterrey, N.L., Mexico. eduardo.sosa@itesm.mx.ORCID 0000-0001-5441-4768
Sara Saldarriaga-HernandezTecnologico de Monterrey, School of Engineering and Sciences, Campus Monterrey, Ave. Eugenio Garza Sada 2501, CP 64849, Monterrey, N.L., Mexico. sarasaldarriaga.h@gmail.com.
Angel M Villalba-RodríguezTecnologico de Monterrey, School of Engineering and Sciences, Campus Monterrey, Ave. Eugenio Garza Sada 2501, CP 64849, Monterrey, N.L., Mexico. angel.vr@itesm.mx.ORCID 0000-0002-0249-613X
Roberto Parra-SaldivarTecnologico de Monterrey, School of Engineering and Sciences, Campus Monterrey, Ave. Eugenio Garza Sada 2501, CP 64849, Monterrey, N.L., Mexico. r.parra@itesm.mx.ORCID 0000-0002-4958-5797
Hafiz M N IqbalTecnologico de Monterrey, School of Engineering and Sciences, Campus Monterrey, Ave. Eugenio Garza Sada 2501, CP 64849, Monterrey, N.L., Mexico. hafiz.iqbal@itesm.mx.ORCID 0000-0003-4855-2720

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The increasing environmental pollution with particular reference to emerging contaminants, toxic heavy elements, and other hazardous agents is a serious concern worldwide. Considering this global issue, there is an urgent need to design and develop strategic measuring techniques with higher efficacy and precision to detect a broader spectrum of numerous contaminants. The development of precise instruments can further help in real-time and in-process monitoring of the generation and release of environmental pollutants from different industrial sectors. Moreover, real-time monitoring can also reduce the excessive consumption of several harsh chemicals and reagents with an added advantage of on-site determination of contaminant composition prior to discharge into the environment. With key scientific advances, electrochemical biosensors have gained considerable attention to solve this problem. Electrochemical biosensors can be an excellent fit as an analytical tool for monitoring programs to implement legislation. Herein, we reviewed the current trends in the use of electrochemical biosensors as novel tools to detect various contaminant types including toxic heavy elements. A particular emphasis was given to screen-printed electrodes, nanowire sensors, and paper-based biosensors and their role in the pollution detection processes. Towards the end, the work is wrapped up with concluding remarks and future perspectives. In summary, electrochemical biosensors and related areas such as bioelectronics, and (bio)-nanotechnology seem to be growing areas that will have a marked influence on the development of new bio-sensing strategies in future studies.

Indexed as

Biosensing TechniquesElectrochemical TechniquesEnvironmental MonitoringEnvironmental PollutantsEnvironmental Pollutantsdetectionelectrochemical biosensorsemerging contaminantsnanowire sensorspaper-based biosensorsscreen-printed electrodestoxic heavy elements

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PMID29587374
PMCPMC6023016

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