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Determination of Urinary Glucose by a Flow Injection Analysis Amperometric Biosensor and Ion-Exchange Chromatography

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A practical biosensor system has been developed for the determination of urinary glucose using a flow-injection analysis (FIA) amperometric detector and ion-exchange chromatography. Glucose oxidase was immobilized onto porous aminopropyl glass beads via glutaraldehyde activation to form an immobilized enzyme column. On the basis of its negative charge at pH 5.5, endogenous urate in urine samples was effectively retained by an upstream anion-exchange resin column. The biosensor system possessed a sensitivity of 160 ±2.4 RU μM-1 (RU or relative unit is defined as 2.86 μV at the detection output) for glucose with a minimum detection level of 10 μM. When applied for the determination of urinary glucose, the result obtained compared very well with that of the widely accepted hexokinase assay. The immobilized glucose oxidase could be reused for more than 1000 repeated analyses without losing its original activity. The reuse of the acetate anion-exchange column before replacement would be about 25–30 analyses. Acetaminophen and ascorbic acid were also effectively adsorbed by the acetate anion exchanger. The introduction of this type of anion exchanger thus greatly improved the selectivity of the FIA biosensor system and fostered its applicability for the determination of glucose in urine samples.

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Male, K.B., Luong, J.H.T. Determination of Urinary Glucose by a Flow Injection Analysis Amperometric Biosensor and Ion-Exchange Chromatography. Appl Biochem Biotechnol 37, 243–254 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02788876

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