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SWCNT-modified carbon paste electrode as an electrochemical sensor for histamine determination in alcoholic beverages

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In this work, a simple and rapid electrochemical method is presented for the voltammetric determination of histamine based on carbon paste electrodes bulk-modified with single-walled carbon nanotubes. As monitored in cyclic voltammetry histamine undergoes an irreversible electrochemical oxidation with a peak potential of ca. +1.25 V (vs. Ag/AgCl, 3 mol L−1 KCl) in phosphate buffer solution (PBS, 0.1 mol L−1, pH 6.0). At optimized differential pulse voltammetric parameters, the current response of histamine was linearly proportional to its concentration in the range from 4.5 to 720 μmol L−1. A low limit of detection of 1.26 μmol L−1 and a limit of quantification of 3.78 μmol L−1 of histamine, as well as good reproducibility (RSD = 0.48–3.40 %) were obtained using the carbon paste electrode modified with single-walled carbon nanotubes. The proposed sensor was successfully applied to the determination of histamine in commercial beer and wine samples.

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Acknowledgments

This work was supported by CEEPUS (Central European Exchange Program for University Studies) project CZ 0212. We have no financial relationship with the organization that sponsored the research. Z. S. acknowledges financial support from the Coimbra Group Universities through scholarship for short research stay at the Karl-Franzens University in Graz. E.M. acknowledges a scholarship from Higher KOS Stipendien, financed by ADA and MEST and the Austrian Agency for International Cooperation in Education and Research (OeAD-GmbH).

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  1. Department of Applied and Engineering Chemistry, Faculty of Technology, University of Novi Sad, Bulevar cara Lazara 1, 21000, Novi Sad, Serbia

    Zorica S. Stojanović

  2. Institute of Chemistry - Analytical Chemistry, Karl-Franzens University Graz, A-8010, Graz, Austria

    Eda Mehmeti & Kurt Kalcher

  3. Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Environmental Protection, Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Trg D. Obradovića 3, 21000, Novi Sad, Serbia

    Valéria Guzsvány

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

    Dalibor M. Stanković

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Stojanović, Z.S., Mehmeti, E., Kalcher, K. et al. SWCNT-modified carbon paste electrode as an electrochemical sensor for histamine determination in alcoholic beverages. Food Anal. Methods 9, 2701–2710 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12161-016-0452-3

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