title: A rapid and sensitive alcohol oxidase/catalase conductometric biosensor for alcohol determination.
abstract: A new conductometric biosensor has been developed for the determination of short chain primary aliphatic alcohols. The biosensor assembly was prepared through immobilization of alcohol oxidase from Hansenula sp. and bovine liver catalase in a photoreticulated poly(vinyl alcohol) membrane at the surface of interdigitated microelectrodes. The local conductivity increased rapidly after alcohol addition, reaching steady-state within 10 min. The sensitivity was maximal for methanol (0.394+/-0.004 microS microM(-1), n=5) and decreased by increasing the alcohol chain length. The response was linear up to 75 microM for methanol, 70 microM for ethanol and 65 microM for 1-propanol and limits of detection were 0.5 microM, 1 microM and 3 microM, respectively (S/N=3). No significant loss of the enzyme activities was observed after 3 months of storage at 4 degrees C in a 20mM phosphate buffer solution pH 7.2 (two or three measurements per week). After 4 months, 95% of the initial signal still remained. The biosensor response to ethanol was not significantly affected by acetic, lactic, ascorbic, malic, oxalic, citric, tartaric acids or glucose. The bi-enzymatic sensor was successfully applied to the determination of ethanol in different alcoholic beverages.
authors.affiliation: Université de Lyon, Lyon1, Laboratoire des Sciences Analytiques, CNRS UMR 5180, Bâtiment CPE, 43, boulevard du 11 novembre 1918, 69622 Villeurbanne Cedex, France.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hnaien
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lagarde
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Jaffrezic-Renault
mesh_terms: D000429:Alcohol Oxidoreductases / Q000378:metabolism*; D000434:Alcoholic Beverages / Q000032:analysis; D000438:Alcohols / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry; D000818:Animals; D015374:Biosensing Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D002374:Catalase / Q000378:metabolism*; D002417:Cattle; D003217:Conductometry; D000431:Ethanol / Q000032:analysis; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D057230:Limit of Detection; D016014:Linear Models; D008567:Membranes, Artificial; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D010100:Oxygen / Q000378:metabolism; D010843:Pichia / Q000201:enzymology; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D000438:Alcohols; D008567:Membranes, Artificial; D000431:Ethanol; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide; D000429:Alcohol Oxidoreductases; C019643:alcohol oxidase; D002374:Catalase; D010100:Oxygen