Gandhi S, Suman P, Kumar A, Sharma P, Capalash N, Suri CR. Recent advances in immunosensor for narcotic drug detection.
BIOIMPACTS : BI 2015;
5:207-13. [PMID:
26929925 PMCID:
PMC4769791 DOI:
10.15171/bi.2015.30]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2015] [Revised: 12/19/2015] [Accepted: 12/26/2015] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
Abstract
INTRODUCTION
Immunosensor for illicit drugs have gained immense interest and have found several applications for drug abuse monitoring. This technology has offered a low cost detection of narcotics; thereby, providing a confirmatory platform to compliment the existing analytical methods.
METHODS
In this minireview, we define the basic concept of transducer for immunosensor development that utilizes antibodies and low molecular mass hapten (opiate) molecules.
RESULTS
This article emphasizes on recent advances in immunoanalytical techniques for monitoring of opiate drugs. Our results demonstrate that high quality antibodies can be used for immunosensor development against target analyte with greater sensitivity, specificity and precision than other available analytical methods.
CONCLUSION
In this review we highlight the fundamentals of different transducer technologies and its applications for immunosensor development currently being developed in our laboratory using rapid screening via immunochromatographic kit, label free optical detection via enzyme, fluorescence, gold nanoparticles and carbon nanotubes based immunosensing for sensitive and specific monitoring of opiates.
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