Glyphosate, a widely used herbicide due to the broad-spectrum and high-efficiency properties, has the potential to accumulate in the human body via agricultural food and water sources throughout the food chain. Its safety for both human health and aquatic ecosystems remains a topic of significant debate. In this study, the presence of glyphosate could be directly detected through a notable colorimetric change in an aqueous solution. For this purpose, a silver nanoparticle-functionalized copper porphyrin metal-organic framework (AgNPs/Cu-TCPP) nanozyme was conveniently prepared for colorimetric sensing of glyphosate. The as-synthesized nanozyme that modified AgNPs with Cu-TCPP metal-organic framework as the precursor, has excellent peroxidase mimetic activity and specific recognition performance of glyphosate. The nanozyme demonstrated the ability to catalyze the oxidation of 3,3,5,5-tetramethylbenzidine (TMB) using H2O2, resulting in a marked change in color. When glyphosate was added, which bonded with Cu2+, led to the occupation of the surface-active sites of the nanozyme, thereby making its catalytic performance ineffective. The concentration of glyphosate exhibited a linear range spanning from 2 to 400 μmol L−1, and the limit of detection was 0.67 μmol L−1 (S/N = 3). The colorimetric sensing approach employing AgNPs/Cu-TCPP nanozyme exhibits remarkable selectivity and reproducibility, enabling the detection of real samples with recovery rates of 98.3%–103.5%, indicating its potential applicability in safeguarding water and food quality.
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