Fabrication of a glycation induced amyloid nanofibril and polyalizarin yellow R nanobiocomposite: Application for electrocatalytic determination of hydrogen peroxide

Abstract

Amyloid fibrils were produced in a solution of bovine serum albumin (BSA) in buffer solution in the presence of fructose. The solution was incubated for 20 weeks in the dark. We used glycation induced bovine serum albumin in which fibrilogenesis (nano fibrils) followed by using fluorescence (Thioflavin T), Dynamic Light Scattering (DLS) and Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) to achieve the size and morphology of fibrils. A novel electrochemical biosensor for the detection of hydrogen peroxide was developed based on immobilizing poly (alizarin yellow R) and amyloid nano-fibrils on glassy carbon electrode (PAYR/AMLNFibs/GCE). The electrocatalytic response of the biosensor was proportional to the hydrogen peroxide concentration in the range of 1 μM to 2.2 mM with a limit of detection and sensitivity of 290 nM and 0.024 μA/μM, respectively. The modified electrode demonstrated many advantages such as high sensitivity, low detection of limit and excellent catalytic activity.