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ArticleAnalytical and bioanalytical chemistry2021

Non-invasive detection of glucose in human urine using a color-generating copper NanoZyme.

Sanjana Naveen Prasad, Pabudi Weerathunge, Md Nurul Karim, Samuel Anderson, Sabeen Hashmi, Pyria D Mariathomas, Vipul Bansal, Rajesh Ramanathan

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Article in Analytical and bioanalytical chemistry, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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16citing papers in PubMed
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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sanjana Naveen PrasadIan Potter NanoBioSensing Facility, NanoBiotechnology Research Laboratory (NBRL), School of Science, RMIT University, GPO Box 2476, Melbourne, VIC, 3000, Australia.
Pabudi WeerathungeIan Potter NanoBioSensing Facility, NanoBiotechnology Research Laboratory (NBRL), School of Science, RMIT University, GPO Box 2476, Melbourne, VIC, 3000, Australia.
Md Nurul KarimIan Potter NanoBioSensing Facility, NanoBiotechnology Research Laboratory (NBRL), School of Science, RMIT University, GPO Box 2476, Melbourne, VIC, 3000, Australia.
Samuel AndersonIan Potter NanoBioSensing Facility, NanoBiotechnology Research Laboratory (NBRL), School of Science, RMIT University, GPO Box 2476, Melbourne, VIC, 3000, Australia.
Sabeen HashmiIan Potter NanoBioSensing Facility, NanoBiotechnology Research Laboratory (NBRL), School of Science, RMIT University, GPO Box 2476, Melbourne, VIC, 3000, Australia.
Pyria D MariathomasIan Potter NanoBioSensing Facility, NanoBiotechnology Research Laboratory (NBRL), School of Science, RMIT University, GPO Box 2476, Melbourne, VIC, 3000, Australia.
Vipul BansalIan Potter NanoBioSensing Facility, NanoBiotechnology Research Laboratory (NBRL), School of Science, RMIT University, GPO Box 2476, Melbourne, VIC, 3000, Australia. vipul.bansal@rmit.edu.au.
Rajesh RamanathanIan Potter NanoBioSensing Facility, NanoBiotechnology Research Laboratory (NBRL), School of Science, RMIT University, GPO Box 2476, Melbourne, VIC, 3000, Australia. rajesh.ramanathan@rmit.edu.au.
RMIT University · AU

Funding

Australian Research Council FT140101285
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Renal complications are long-term effect of diabetes mellitus where glucose is excreted in urine. Therefore, reliable glucose detection in urine is critical. While commercial urine strips offer a simple way to detect urine sugar, poor sensitivity and low reliability limit their use. A hybrid glucose oxidase (GOx)/horseradish peroxidase (HRP) assay remains the gold standard for pathological detection of glucose. A key restriction is poor stability of HRP and its suicidal inactivation by hydrogen peroxide, a key intermediate of the GOx-driven reaction. An alternative is to replace HRP with a robust inorganic enzyme-mimic or NanoZyme. While colloidal NanoZymes show promise in glucose sensing, they detect low concentrations of glucose, while urine has high (mM) glucose concentration. In this study, a free-standing copper NanoZyme is used for the colorimetric detection of glucose in human urine. The sensor could operate in a biologically relevant dynamic linear range of 0.5-15 mM, while showing minimal sample matrix effect such that glucose could be detected in urine without significant sample processing or dilution. This ability could be attributed to the Cu NanoZyme that for the first time showed an ability to promote the oxidation of a TMB substrate to its double oxidation diimine product rather than the charge-transfer complex product commonly observed. Additionally, the sensor could operate at a single pH without the need to use different pH conditions as used during the gold standard assay. These outcomes outline the high robustness of the NanoZyme sensing system for direct detection of glucose in human urine. Graphical abstract.

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Biomimetic MaterialsCatalysisColloidsColorimetryCopperGlucoseGlycosuriaHumansLimit of DetectionMetal NanoparticlesOxidation-ReductionColloidsCopperGlucoseColorimetricCopper nanoparticlesFunctional fabricsGlucose sensingNanoZymePeroxidase

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PMID33399880
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