Abstract
A method is described for construction of an amperometric biosensor for determination of polyphenolic content using polyvinyl alcohol membrane bound polyphenol oxidase mounted on a gold coated Ag wire as a working electrode, a silver/silver chloride (Ag/AgCl) reference electrode and Pt wire as auxiliary electrode. The biosensor showed optimum response within 30 s, when operated at 30 °C. A linear relationship was obtained between L-DOPA concentration (0.5–20 μM) and current (μA). Limit of detection of the method was 0.5 μM. The biosensor measured polyphenols in tea leaves, alcoholic beverages and water. The enzyme electrode was used 280 times over 6 months, when stored at 4 °C. The biosensor is better than earlier membrane based biosensors in terms of detection limit (0.5 μM) and stability (6 months).
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