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ArticleHealthcare (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Colorimetry-Based Detection of Nitric Oxide from Exhaled Breath for Quantification of Oxidative Stress in Human Body.

Muni Raj Maurya, Haseena Onthath, Hagar Morsy, Najam-Us-Sahar Riyaz, Muna Ibrahim, Alaa Elsafi Ahmed, Raghad Abuznad, Aeshah Alruwaili, Fatimatulzahraa Alsaedi, Peter Kasak and 1 more

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Muni Raj MauryaCenter for Advanced Materials, Qatar University, Doha 2713, Qatar.
Haseena OnthathCenter for Advanced Materials, Qatar University, Doha 2713, Qatar.
Hagar MorsyCenter for Advanced Materials, Qatar University, Doha 2713, Qatar.
Najam-Us-Sahar RiyazCenter for Advanced Materials, Qatar University, Doha 2713, Qatar.
Muna IbrahimCenter for Advanced Materials, Qatar University, Doha 2713, Qatar.
Alaa Elsafi AhmedCenter for Advanced Materials, Qatar University, Doha 2713, Qatar.ORCID 0000-0001-9549-1647
Raghad AbuznadCenter for Advanced Materials, Qatar University, Doha 2713, Qatar.
Aeshah AlruwailiCenter for Advanced Materials, Qatar University, Doha 2713, Qatar.
Fatimatulzahraa AlsaediCenter for Advanced Materials, Qatar University, Doha 2713, Qatar.
Peter KasakCenter for Advanced Materials, Qatar University, Doha 2713, Qatar.ORCID 0000-0003-4557-1408
Kishor Kumar SadasivuniCenter for Advanced Materials, Qatar University, Doha 2713, Qatar.ORCID 0000-0003-2730-6483

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Qatar National Research Fund UREP27-044-3-016
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Abstract

Monitoring exhaled breath is a safe, noninvasive method for determining the health status of the human body. Most of the components in our exhaled breath can act as health biomarkers, and they help in providing information about various diseases. Nitric oxide (NO) is one such important biomarker in exhaled breath that indicates oxidative stress in our body. This work presents a simple and noninvasive quantitative analysis approach for detecting NO from exhaled breath. The sensing is based on the colorimetric assisted detection of NO by m-Cresol Purple, Bromophenol Blue, and Alizaringelb dye. The sensing performance of the dye was analyzed by ultraviolet-visible (UV-Vis) spectroscopy. The study covers various sampling conditions like the pH effect, temperature effect, concentration effect, and selective nature of the dye. The m-Cresol Purple dye exhibited a high sensitivity towards NO with a detection limit of ~0.082 ppm in the linear range of 0.002-0.5 ppm. Moreover, the dye apprehended a high degree of selectivity towards other biocompounds present in the breath, and no possible interfering cross-reaction from these species was observed. The dye offered a high sensitivity, selectivity, fast response, and stability, which benchmark its potential for NO sensing. Further, m-Cresol Purple dye is suitable for NO sensing from the exhaled breath and can assist in quantifying oxidative stress levels in the body for the possible detection of COVID-19.

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biosensorcolorimetryexhaled breathm-Cresol PurpleNitric oxide

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PMID34442192
PMCPMC8391997

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