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Analytical Approach for Detection of Ergosterol in Mushrooms Based on Modification Free Electrochemical Sensor in Organic Solvents

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Ergosterol (Erg) is the major sterol component in the plasma membranes of fungi. The main goal of this work was to develop rapid, reliable, and cost-effective method toward Erg detection based on application of unmodified boron-doped diamond electrode. Several organic solvents were tested (acetonitrile, dimethyformamide, dimethylsulfoxide, dichloromethane), and it was found that best analytical characteristics were achieved using acetonitrile containing 0.1 M tetrabutylammonium hexa-fluorophosphate as supporting electrolyte. Oval shaped and well-defined oxidation peak was recorded at potential of around 1.17 V versus Ag/Ag+ non-aqueous reference electrode. Under optimized experimental conditions, linear working range from 2 to 200 μM was estimated, with limit of detection of 0.7 μM, using square wave voltammetry. Negligible effect of possible interfering compound was observed. Proposed methodology was successfully applied for estimation of Erg content in mushrooms extract with satisfactory results in comparison with spectrophotometric procedure. Obtained results clearly show that developed analytical methodology can be adequate replacement for the, up to date, used methods and open-novel approach for ergosterol detection.

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This work was supported by Magbiovin project (FP7-ERAChairs-Pilot Call-2013, Grant agreement: 621375), by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, the Republic of Serbia (Project No. OI 172030), and the Grant Agency of the Slovak Republic (Grant No. 1/0489/16).

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  1. Innovation Center of the Faculty of Chemistry, University of Belgrade, Studentski trg 12-16, Belgrade, 11000, Serbia

    Vesna Vukojević, Sladjana Djurdjić & Dalibor M. Stanković

  2. Institute of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Radlinského 9, Bratislava, SK, 812 37, Slovak Republic

    Ľubomír Švorc

  3. Faculty of Chemistry, University of Belgrade, Studentski trg 12-16, Belgrade, 11000, Serbia

    Tanja Ćirković Veličković & Jelena Mutić

  4. Ghent University Global Campus, Incheon, South Korea

    Tanja Ćirković Veličković & Jelena Mutić

  5. The “Vinča” Institute of Nuclear Sciences, University of Belgrade, P. O. Box 522, Belgrade, 11000, Serbia

    Dalibor M. Stanković

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Vukojević, V., Djurdjić, S., Švorc, Ľ. et al. Analytical Approach for Detection of Ergosterol in Mushrooms Based on Modification Free Electrochemical Sensor in Organic Solvents. Food Anal. Methods 11, 2590–2596 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12161-018-1249-3

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