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Determination of ferulic acid in the presence of butylated hydroxytoluene as two phenolic antioxidants using a highly conductive food nanostructure electrochemical sensor

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Ferulic acid is a natural phenolic antioxidant with anticancer medicinal properties. A new electrochemical strategy based on the twofold modification of carbon paste electrode with NiO-embedded single-wall carbon nanotube nanocomposite and n-methyl-3-butylimidazolium bromide (CPE/MBIBr/NiO-SWCNTs) is suggested for the first time and the fabricated sensor is recommended as a voltammetric tool for the determination of ferulic acid in the presence of butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT). The CPE/MBIBr/NiO-SWCNTs are employed toward the study of the electro-oxidation behavior of ferulic acid in aqueous buffer solution in the pH range of 3.0–6.0. The CPE/MBIBr/NiO-SWCNTs exhibit a potent electron mediating toward the ferulic acid electro-oxidation and also extravagantly resolve the oxidation signals of ferulic acid and BHT for the simultaneous analysis of these food additives. The limit of detection for ferulic acid and BHT are found to be 20.0 nM and 0.1 µM, respectively. The CPE/MBIBr/NiO-SWCNTs are applied for the direct analysis of ferulic acid and BHT in corn milk, wheat flour, and corn cider samples.

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  1. Department of Chemical Engineering, Laboratory of Nanotechnology, Quchan University of Technology, Quchan, Iran

    Hassan Karimi-Maleh

  2. Department of Applied Chemistry, University of Johannesburg, Doornfontein Campus, P. O. Box 17011, Johannesburg, 2028, South Africa

    Hassan Karimi-Maleh

  3. Department of Food Science and Technology, Sari Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources University (SANRU), P. O. Box 578, Sari, Iran

    Reza Farahmandfar

  4. Department of Food Science, Sari Branch, Islamic Azad University, Sari, Iran

    Razieh Hosseinpour

  5. Department of Chemistry, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran

    Javad Alizadeh

  6. Department of Food Science, Cornell University, 243 Stocking Hall, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA

    Alireza Abbaspourrad

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Karimi-Maleh, H., Farahmandfar, R., Hosseinpour, R. et al. Determination of ferulic acid in the presence of butylated hydroxytoluene as two phenolic antioxidants using a highly conductive food nanostructure electrochemical sensor. Chem. Pap. 73, 2441–2447 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11696-019-00793-y

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