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Nandhakumar P, Muñoz San Martín C, Arévalo B, Ding S, Lunker M, Vargas E, Djassemi O, Campuzano S, Wang J. Redox Cycling Amplified Electrochemical Lateral-Flow Immunoassay: Toward Decentralized Sensitive Insulin Detection. ACS Sens 2023; 8:3892-3901. [PMID: 37734056 DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.3c01445] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/23/2023]
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While paper-based lateral-flow immunoassays (LFA) offer considerable promise for centralized diagnostic applications, the analytical capability of conventional LFA remains constrained due to the low sensitivity of its common optical detection strategy. To address these issues, we report a simple electrochemical LFA (eLFA) with nanocatalytic redox cycling for decentralized insulin detection. Simultaneous binding of insulin with detection antibodies and capture antibodies through the capillary flow at the LFA platform and signal amplification through the rapid nanocatalytic reduction of [Fe(CN)6]3- (Fe3+) with Au nanoparticles (AuNP) and ammonia-borane (AB), coupled to electrochemical redox cycling reactions involving Fe3+, AuNP, and AB on the carbon working electrode, offer higher sensitivity than conventional colorimetric LFA and enzymatic redox cycling. The resulting integrated eLFA strip allows the detection of low insulin concentrations (LOD = 12 pM) and offers considerable promise for highly sensitive decentralized assays of different biological fluids (saliva and serum) without additional pretreatment or washing steps.
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- Ponnusamy Nandhakumar
- Department of Nanoengineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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- Department of Nanoengineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, United States
- Departamento de Química Analítica, Universidad Complutense, E-28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Nanoengineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, United States
- Departamento de Química Analítica, Universidad Complutense, E-28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Nanoengineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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- Department of Nanoengineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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- Department of Nanoengineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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- Department of Nanoengineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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- Departamento de Química Analítica, Universidad Complutense, E-28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Nanoengineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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Cheng J, Yang G, Guo J, Liu S, Guo J. Integrated electrochemical lateral flow immunoassays (eLFIAs): recent advances. Analyst 2022; 147:554-570. [DOI: 10.1039/d1an01478a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Schematic of integrated electrochemical lateral flow immunoassays.
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- Jie Cheng
- School of Information and Communication Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China
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- School of Information and Communication Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China
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- School of Automation Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, P. R. China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Sichuan Academy of Medical Sciences and Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital, University of Electronic Science and Technology, Chengdu 610072, China
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- School of Information and Communication Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China
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A Simple, Low Cost, Sensitive, and Portable Electrochemical Immunochromatography Sensing Device to Measure Estrone-3-Sulfate. SENSORS 2020; 20:s20174781. [PMID: 32847124 PMCID: PMC7506911 DOI: 10.3390/s20174781] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2020] [Revised: 08/17/2020] [Accepted: 08/19/2020] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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In livestock production, point-of-care testing (POCT) technology that enables easy on-site analysis of sex hormones is desired to improve reproductive efficiency. In this context, low-molecular-weight endogenous steroids are particularly important for perinatal management. Therefore, we attempted to use a simple method that combines electrochemical techniques with immunochromatography to measure estrone-3-sulfate (E1S), one of the low-molecular-weight endogenous steroids that is an estrogen ester. The limit of detection (LOD) for E1S achieved by electrochemical immunochromatography was 570.5 ng/mL, which was one to two orders of magnitude lower than that of small molecule compounds analyzed by other POCT techniques (Primpray et al., Anal. Chim. Acta, 2019). In addition, it was indicated by a colorimetric analysis that the sensitivity of the electrochemical immunochromatographic technique could be enhanced by improving the method of application of the antibodies on the nitrocellulose membrane and the contact between the electrochemical detector and the nitrocellulose membrane.
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Shirai A, Nakashima K, Sueyoshi K, Endo T, Hisamoto H. Development of a single-step immunoassay microdevice based on a graphene oxide-containing hydrogel possessing fluorescence quenching and size separation functions. Analyst 2018; 142:472-477. [PMID: 28091627 DOI: 10.1039/c6an02485h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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An immunoassay, which is an indispensable analytical method both in biological research and in medical fields was successfully integrated into a "single-step" by developing a microdevice composed of a graphene oxide (GO)-containing hydrogel and a poly (dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) microchannel array with a polyethylene glycol (PEG) coating containing a fluorescently-labelled antibody. Here we used 2-hydroxyethylmethacrylate (HEMA) as a monomer that is easily, and homogeneously, mixed with GO to synthesize the hydrogel. The fluorescence quenching and size separation functions were then optimized by controlling the ratios of HEMA and GO. Free fluorescently-labelled antibody was successfully separated from the immunoreaction mixture by the hydrogel network structure, and the fluorescence was subsequently quenched by GO. In comparison to the previously reported immunoassay system using GO, the present system achieved a very high fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) efficiency (∼90%), due to the use of direct adsorption of the fluorescently-labelled antibody to the GO surface; in contrast, the former reported method relied on indirect adsorption of the fluorescently-labelled antibody via immunocomplex formation at the GO surface. Finally, the single-step immunoassay microdevice was made by combining the developed hydrogel and the PDMS microchannel with a coating containing the fluorescently-labelled antibody, and successfully applied for the single-step analysis of IgM levels in diluted human serum by simple introduction of the sample via capillary action.
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- Akihiro Shirai
- Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka Prefecture University, 1-1, Gakuen-cho Nakaku, Sakai City, Osaka, 599-8531, Japan.
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- Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka Prefecture University, 1-1, Gakuen-cho Nakaku, Sakai City, Osaka, 599-8531, Japan.
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- Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka Prefecture University, 1-1, Gakuen-cho Nakaku, Sakai City, Osaka, 599-8531, Japan.
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- Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka Prefecture University, 1-1, Gakuen-cho Nakaku, Sakai City, Osaka, 599-8531, Japan.
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- Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka Prefecture University, 1-1, Gakuen-cho Nakaku, Sakai City, Osaka, 599-8531, Japan.
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Shirai A, Henares TG, Sueyoshi K, Endo T, Hisamoto H. Fast and single-step immunoassay based on fluorescence quenching within a square glass capillary immobilizing graphene oxide-antibody conjugate and fluorescently labelled antibody. Analyst 2018; 141:3389-94. [PMID: 27127806 DOI: 10.1039/c5an02637g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A single-step, easy-to-use, and fast capillary-type immunoassay device composed of a polyethylene glycol (PEG) coating containing two kinds of antibody-reagents, including an antibody-graphene oxide conjugate and fluorescently labelled antibody, was developed in this study. The working principle involved the spontaneous dissolution of the PEG coating, diffusion of reagents, and subsequent immunoreaction, triggered by the capillary action-mediated introduction of a sample solution. In a sample solution containing the target antigen, two types of antibody reagents form a sandwich-type antigen-antibody complex and fluorescence quenching takes place via fluorescence resonance energy transfer between the labelled fluorescent molecules and graphene oxide. Antigen concentration can be measured based on the decrease in fluorescence intensity. An antigen concentration-dependent response was obtained for the model target protein sample (human IgG, 0.2-10 μg mL(-1)). The present method can shorten the reaction time to within 1 min (approximately 40 s), while conventional methods using the same reagents require reaction times of approximately 20 min because of the large reaction scale. The proposed method is one of the fastest immunoassays ever reported. Finally, the present device was used to measure human IgG in diluted serum samples to demonstrate that this method can be used for fast medical diagnosis.
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- Akihiro Shirai
- Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka Prefecture University, 1-1 Gakuen-cho Nakaku, Sakai City, Osaka 599-8531, Japan.
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- Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka Prefecture University, 1-1 Gakuen-cho Nakaku, Sakai City, Osaka 599-8531, Japan.
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- Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka Prefecture University, 1-1 Gakuen-cho Nakaku, Sakai City, Osaka 599-8531, Japan.
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- Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka Prefecture University, 1-1 Gakuen-cho Nakaku, Sakai City, Osaka 599-8531, Japan.
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- Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka Prefecture University, 1-1 Gakuen-cho Nakaku, Sakai City, Osaka 599-8531, Japan.
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Tominaga K, Arimoto S, Shimono K, Yoshioka T, Mizutani F, Yasukawa T. Quantitative and Single-step Enzyme Immunosensing Based on an Electrochemical Detection Coupled with Lateral-flow System. ANAL SCI 2018; 33:531-536. [PMID: 28392533 DOI: 10.2116/analsci.33.531] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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A single-step electrochemical immunochromatography has been developed: the device was based on two pieces of nitrocellulose membrane, a sample pad with anti-mouse IgG antibody labeled with glucose oxidase (GOx-labeled antibody), a conjugate pad with glucose, and a Pt working electrode. Either antibody or antigen was immobilized on the membrane. The addition of a solution containing mouse IgG, a model target, allows for the dissolution of GOx-labeled antibody in the sample pad to form an immunocomplex. The produced immunocomplex was automatically separated by capturing to the antibody immobilized on the membrane with the sandwich structure or by passing through the membrane modified with an antigen for the competitive reaction. The separated GOx label arrived at the conjugate pad with glucose to undergo the enzyme reaction. Hydrogen peroxide generated by this reaction was detected at the Pt electrode prepared on the second nitrocellulose membrane downstream from the conjugate pad. The results demonstrated that the designed immunochromatography can be applied to quantitative detection with a single-step procedure, because both the GOx-labeled antibody for revealing the immunoreactions and the substrate for the enzyme reaction were prepared in the device. Moreover, the initial concentration of the GOx-labeled antibody permitted control of the detectable concentration for mouse IgG.
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- Kohei Tominaga
- Graduate School of Material Science, University of Hyogo
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Jabeen E, Janjua NK, Ahmed S, Domínguez-Álvarez E, Jacob C. A selective and sensitive monitoring of the OH radical using flavonoid-modified electrodes. Electrochim Acta 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2017.10.065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Arimoto S, Shimono K, Yasukawa T, Mizutani F, Yoshioka T. Improvement of Electrochemical Response of Cocaine Sensors Based on DNA Aptamer by Heat Treatment. ANAL SCI 2016; 32:469-72. [PMID: 27063722 DOI: 10.2116/analsci.32.469] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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We report on a biosensor for cocaine based on the conformation change of DNA aptamer by capturing the cocaine molecules. The oxidation current of ferrocene conjugated on the terminal end of aptamer immobilized on an Au electrode increased with increasing cocaine concentration. The sensor response has been improved by a simple heat treatment after immobilization, since the aggregates of DNA aptamer generated during the immobilization step could be dissociated and rearranged on the electrode.
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- Satoshi Arimoto
- Advanced Research Division, Bio Research Department, Panasonic Corporation
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Eltzov E, Marks RS. Miniaturized Flow Stacked Immunoassay for Detecting Escherichia coli in a Single Step. Anal Chem 2016; 88:6441-9. [PMID: 27218705 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.6b01034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Commercially available systems that provide cost-effective, fast, simple, and portable solutions for health and environmental applications are few despite advancements in bioassays and biosensor research. We have developed a new system based on stacked membranes, each layer with a specific function. Samples were added onto the bottom-most layer, and as each layer becomes wet, the analyte pushes through to the next membrane layers. During migration, the analyte attaches with the corresponding antibody, itself conjugated with horseradish peroxidase (HRP) to produce a measurable signal. To prevent false positive results, blocking layer membranes are added to stop unbound antibodies from reaching the top membrane. Thus, only analyte/antibody-HRP complex will generate a signal. In order to prove this concept, Escherichia coli was used as the target analyte. After optimization, our immunoassay sensitivity was adjusted to 100 cells mL(-1). Different environmental water sources were also tested to demonstrate the sensitivity and specificity of our proposed stacked bioassay. Simplicity, low price, sensitivity, and modularity (capability to change to any target analyte) make this idea very promising for future commercialization.
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- Evgeni Eltzov
- School of Material Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technology University , Nanyang Avenue, 639798, Singapore
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- School of Material Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technology University , Nanyang Avenue, 639798, Singapore
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Hori F, Harada Y, Kuretake T, Uno S. Impedance Analysis of Colloidal Gold Nanoparticles in Chromatography Paper for Quantitation of an Immunochromatographic Assay. ANAL SCI 2016; 32:355-9. [PMID: 26960618 DOI: 10.2116/analsci.32.355] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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A detection method of gold nanoparticles in chromatography paper has been developed for a simple, cost-effective and reliable quantitation of immunochromatographic strip test. The time courses of the solution resistance in chromatography paper with the gold nanoparticles solution are electrochemically measured by chrono-impedimetry. The dependence of the solution resistance on the concentration of gold nanoparticles has been successfully observed. The main factor to increase the solution resistance may be obstruction of the ion transport due to the presence of gold nanoparticles. The existence of gold nanoparticles with 1.92 × 10(9) particles/mL in an indistinctly-colored chromatography paper is also identified by a solution resistance measurement. This indicates that the solution resistance assay has the potential to lower the detection limit of the conventional qualitative assay.
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- Fumitaka Hori
- Department of Electrical Systems, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Ritsumeikan University
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Eltzov E, Guttel S, Low Yuen Kei A, Sinawang PD, Ionescu RE, Marks RS. Lateral Flow Immunoassays - from Paper Strip to Smartphone Technology. ELECTROANAL 2015. [DOI: 10.1002/elan.201500237] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Iwasaki W, Sathuluri RR, Niwa O, Miyazaki M. Influence of Contact Force on Electrochemical Responses of Redox Species Flowing in Nitrocellulose Membrane at Micropyramid Array Electrode. ANAL SCI 2015; 31:729-32. [PMID: 26165300 DOI: 10.2116/analsci.31.729] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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In this study, we developed a micropyramid array electrode that facilitates contact between a nitrocellulose membrane and electrode, which is important to realize a quantitative and sensitive electrochemical detection system for immunochromatography. We evaluated the micropyamid array electrode with our newly developed detection system that can measure contact forces between a membrane and electrode, and also investigated the relationship between redox current and contact forces. By using normal pulse voltammetry, we observed higher reduction currents over a flat surface electrode at lower contact forces with the micropyramid array.
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- Wataru Iwasaki
- Advanced Manufacturing Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
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Funano SI, Sugahara M, Henares TG, Sueyoshi K, Endo T, Hisamoto H. A single-step enzyme immunoassay capillary sensor composed of functional multilayer coatings for the diagnosis of marker proteins. Analyst 2015; 140:1459-65. [DOI: 10.1039/c4an01781a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A single-step, easy-to-use enzyme immunoassay capillary sensor, composed of substrate-immobilized hydrophobic coating, hydrogel coating, and soluble coating containing an enzyme-labeled antibody, was developed.
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- Shun-ichi Funano
- Graduate School of Engineering
- Osaka Prefecture University
- Sakai City
- Japan
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- Graduate School of Engineering
- Osaka Prefecture University
- Sakai City
- Japan
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- Graduate School of Engineering
- Osaka Prefecture University
- Sakai City
- Japan
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- Graduate School of Engineering
- Osaka Prefecture University
- Sakai City
- Japan
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- Graduate School of Engineering
- Osaka Prefecture University
- Sakai City
- Japan
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- Graduate School of Engineering
- Osaka Prefecture University
- Sakai City
- Japan
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YASUKAWA T, KIBA Y, MIZUTANI F. A Dual Electrochemical Sensor Based on a Test-strip Assay for the Quantitative Determination of Albumin and Creatinine. ANAL SCI 2015; 31:583-9. [DOI: 10.2116/analsci.31.583] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Dzantiev BB, Byzova NA, Urusov AE, Zherdev AV. Immunochromatographic methods in food analysis. Trends Analyt Chem 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.trac.2013.11.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 184] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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