TABLE OF CONTENTS
CONTENTS………………………………………………………….PAGE
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION…………………………………………………….2
1.1. Cyclodextrins. 2
1.1.1. Introduction to cyclodextrins. 2
1.1.2. Complex formation by cyclodextrins. 7
1.1.3. Electrochemistry of host-guest interactions. 9
1.2. Carbon paste electrode (CPE). 14
1.2.1. The birth of CPE.. 14
1.2.2. Carbon paste as electrode material 15
1.2.3. Modification of CPEs. 16
1.3. Poly (N-acetylaniline). 17
1.3.1. Fabrication of poly (N-acetylaniline). 18
1.3.2. Cyclodextrin incorporation into poly (N-acetylaniline). 18
1.4. Introduction to levodopa and carbidopa.. 19
1.5. Chemical sensors. 20
1.5.1. Parameters of chemical sensor. 20
1.5.2. Classification of chemical sensors. 22
1.5.3. The importance of multianalyte chemical sensors. 23
1.5.4. Electronic tongue based on optical sensors. 23
1.6. Optode. 25
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1.7. Paptode. 26
1.8. Problems and disadvantages of old paptode. 28
1.9. Analyzing the color values of the cells. 29
1.9.1. Digital color analysis. 29
1.9.2. Methods for analyzing color values. 30
1.10. Types of color models. 31
1.10.1. CMYK color model 31
1.10.2. Lab color model 32
1.11. Color models and color spaces. 33
1.12. Introduction to nitrite. 33
CHAPTER TWO
LITERATURE REVIEW……………………………………………36
2.1.β-cyclodextrin in electrochemical studies. 36
2.2. Methods for simultaneous determination of levodopa and carbidopa 38
2.3. Paptode. 39
2.4. Determination of nitrite. 42
CHAPTER THREE
EXPERIMENTAL…………………………………………………….46
3.1. Cyclodextrin host-guest recognition approach for simultaneous quantification and voltammetric Studies of levodopa and carbidopa in Pharmaceutical products. 46
3.1.1. Apparatus. 46
3.1.2. Materials. 46
3.1.3. Fabrication of β-CD/PNAANI modified carbon paste electrode (βCD/PNAANI /CPE). 47
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3.1.4. Procedure. 49
3.2. Simple and cost effective method for determination of nitrite based on development of scanner spectrophotometry.. 50
3.2.1. Preparation of cell array. 50
3.2.2. Reagents and chemicals. 51
3.2.3. Apparatus and software. 51
3.2.4. Procedure. 52
CHAPTER FOUR
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION……………………………………..55
4.1. Introduction.. 55
4.1.1. Electrochemical behavior of the PNAANI film.. 56
4.1.2. Electrochemical characterization of L-dopa and C-dopa at β-CD/PNAANI/CPE 57
4.1.3. Effect of pH on oxidation potential of L-dopa and C-dopa. 62
4.1.4. Accumulation potential and accumulation time for L-dopa and C-dopa 63
4.1.5. Electrochemical studies of the mixture of L-dopa and C-dopa using differential pulse voltammetry. 64
4.1.6. Evaluation of association constants of L-dopa and C-dopa with β-CD 66
4.1.7. Determination of L-dopa and C-dopa. 68
4.1.8. Reproducibility of the modified electrode. 70
4.1.9. Analysis of real samples. 70
4.1.10. Interference study. 71
4.1.11. Conclusion. 72
4.2. Introduction.. 73
4.2.1. Principle of operation. 73
4.2.2. Optimization conditions for determination of nitrite. 73
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4.2.3. Calibration curves and figures of merit 79
4.2.4. Response time. 82
4.2.5. Reproducibility and repeatability. 84
4.2.6. Interference study. 87
4.2.7. Determination of nitrite in meat products. 88
4.2.8. Conclusion. 88
References. 90
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LIST OF FIGURES
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Fig.1.1 Chemical structures of α- (left), β- (middle) and γ-cyclodextrin (right)……………………………………………………………………………3
Fig.1.2.Three dimensional structure of cyclodextrin…………………………..4
Fig.1.3. X-ray crystal structures of a cyclodextrin containing 14(a) and 26(b) sugar units………………………………………………………………………6
Fig.1.4. Complexation of cyclodextrin with ferrocene dendrimers as a multisite guest……………………………………………………………………………9
Fig.1.5. Redox control of the β-CD complexation of viologens………………11
Fig.1.6. Formation of a dendrimer-cyclodextrin assembly (top) and the electrochemically controlled adsorption at the β-cyclodextrin host surface (below)………………………………………………………………………..13
Fig.1.7. Mechanism for the β-CD Incorporation into the PNAANI Film……………………………………………………………………………19
Fig.3.1. Consecutive cyclic voltammograms of the growth of PNAANI film at CPE in a solution containing 0.1 M N-acetylaniline and 1 M HClO4. Scan rate: 100mVs-1……………………………………………………………………………………………..48
Fig.3.2. 1H NMR spectra of β-CD (A) and β-CD/PNAANI film (B) in DMSO-d6………………………………………………………………………………49
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Fig.3.3. Cell array on the sheet………………………………………………..50
Fig. 4.1. Schematic representation of L-dopa(a) and C-dopa(b) inclusion onto CD cavity…………………………………………………………………………………56
Fig.4.2. Cyclic voltammograms of (A) 1.0 mM L-dopa, (B) 1.0 mM C-dopa and (C) 1.0 mM L-dopa and C-dopa in 0.1 M PBS obtained using β-CD/PNAANI/CPE (a), bare carbon paste electrode (b), blank supporting electrolyte (c) and PNAANI/CPE (d) at 25 °C. Scan rate: 100mVs-1…………………………………………………………………………………………………………..58
Fig.4.3. Left:Cyclic voltammograms of carbidopa(0.5 mM) on β-CD/PNAANI/CPE in 0.1 M PBS at pH 7.0. right: plot of anodic peak current versus the square root of scan rate for carbidopa(top) and levodopa(below). Scan rates increasing from 5 to 500mV/s (a to i)…………………………………………………………………………………………………………60
Fig.4.4. CVs of L-dopa in 0.1 M phosphate buffer pH 7.0 recorded following its preconcentration onto a β-CD/PNAANI/CPE by adsorptive accumulation in a solution of 0.5mM L-dopa in sample solution (a) and after transferring the electrode to the supporting electrolyte in the absence of L-dopa (b).scan rate: 100mVs-1……………………………………………………………………………………………..61
Fig.4.5. Plot of peak potential versus pH of the solution for 0.5 mM of levodopa(right) and 0.5 mM of carbidopa(left) in 0.1 M phosphate buffer pH 7.0.scan rate 100mVs-1………………………………………………………..62
Fig.4.6. The proposed L-dopa oxidation mechanism at β-CD/PNAANI /CPE…………………………………………………………………………..63
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Fig.4.7. Differential-pulse voltammograms (DPV) obtained at β-CD/PNAANI/CPE in: A) 100 μM L-dopa before (dotted line) and after (solid line) addition of 100 μM C-dopa; B) 96 µM L-dopa in different concentrations of C-dopa (24, 49, 72.8 and 96 µM, from bottom to top) in 0.1 M PBS at pH 7.0……………………………………………………………………………………………………….64
Fig.4.8. Differential-pulse voltammograms (DPV) obtained for 96 µM C-dopa before (a) and after (b) addition of 96µM L-dopa at β-CD/PNAANI /CPE in 0.1 M PBS at pH 7………………………………………………………………………………..65
Fig.4.9. C/Γ νs. C plots of anodic peak current for L-dopa and C-dopa on β-CD/PNAANI/CPE. scan rate 100 mVs-1…………………………………………………..67
Fig.4.10. DPVs for the L-dopa and C-dopa at β-CD/PNAANI/CPE in 0.1M phosphate buffer at pH 7.0 and different concentrations of analytes: 0.7-117 µM for L-dopa and 1.65-210 µM for C-dopa. Accumulation time 30 s; pulse amplitude 0.05 V; voltage step 0.006 V; sweep rate 0.015 V s-1. inset is the calibration curve of L-dopa and C-dopa…………………………………………………………………………………………………….69
Fig.4.11. Effect of sulfanilic acid concentration on color intensity in 10 µM of nitrite solution and 1M of H2SO4……………………………………………..74
Fig.4.12. Effect of α-naphtylamine concentration on color intensity at optimum conditions……………………………………………………………………76
Fig.4.13. Effect of sulfuric acid concentration on color intensity at optimum conditions…………………………………………………………………………………………….78
Fig.4.14. Effect of time on color intensity at optimum conditions…………………………………………………………………………………………….83
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LIST OF TABLES
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Table 1.1. Diameters of α, β and γ CDs………………………………………..5
Table 2.1. Comparison of spectrophotometric methods for the determination of nitrite………………………………………………………………………….44
Table 4.1. Maximum surface coverages (Γmax) and the apparent association constants (Kass) for the complexation of L-dopa and C-dopa with β-CD at an ambient temperature…………………………………………………………..68
Table 4.2. Determination of L-dopa and C-dopa in pharmaceutical formulations using DPV technique………………………………………………………….71
Table 4.3. Effect of sulfanilic acid concentration on the color intensity at optimum conditions……………………………………………………………75
Table 4.4. Effect of α-naphtylamine concentration on color intensity at optimum condition……………………………………………………………77
Table 4.5. Effect of sulfuric acid concentration on color intensity at optimum conditions……………………………………………………………………..79
Table.4.6. Response of color models…………………………………………82
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Table 4.7. Effect of time on color intensity at optimum conditions……………………………………………………………………..84
Table 4.8. Reproducibility of the system (first method)………………………85
Table 4.9. Reproducibility of the system (second method)…………………..86
Table 4.10. Repeatability of the system………………………………………87
Table 4.11. Determination of nitrite in real sample…………………………..88
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