{"title":"Digital image colorimetry for determination of ethanol in exhaled breath condensate.","authors":"Yasaman Sefid-Sefidehkhan, Maryam Khoshkam, Samineh Raha, Fariba Pourkarim, Abolghasem Jouyban, Maryam Khoubnasabjafari, Vahid Jouyban-Gharamaleki, Elaheh Rahimpour","doi":"10.4155/bio-2023-0147","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b>Aim:</b> This study aimed to develop a colorimetric approach for quantifying ethanol using smartphone image analysis. <b>Method:</b> This research presents a straightforward smartphone-based colorimetric sensor that efficiently measures ethanol levels in exhaled breath condensate (EBC) samples. The process involved changing the acidic dichromate color in an ethanolic solution, followed by image analysis. <b>Results:</b> The results showed that this method was able to estimate ethanol concentrations in the range of 300-1500 and 1600-8000 μg ml<sup>-1</sup> in EBC. <b>Conclusion:</b> This study was a follow-up study on the previous work published for the determination of ethanol in EBC samples and highlights the potential benefits of using digital images and smartphone applications for ethanol determination in biological samples.</p>","PeriodicalId":1,"journal":{"name":"Accounts of Chemical Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":16.4000,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Accounts of Chemical Research","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.4155/bio-2023-0147","RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2024/1/16 0:00:00","PubModel":"Epub","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Aim: This study aimed to develop a colorimetric approach for quantifying ethanol using smartphone image analysis. Method: This research presents a straightforward smartphone-based colorimetric sensor that efficiently measures ethanol levels in exhaled breath condensate (EBC) samples. The process involved changing the acidic dichromate color in an ethanolic solution, followed by image analysis. Results: The results showed that this method was able to estimate ethanol concentrations in the range of 300-1500 and 1600-8000 μg ml-1 in EBC. Conclusion: This study was a follow-up study on the previous work published for the determination of ethanol in EBC samples and highlights the potential benefits of using digital images and smartphone applications for ethanol determination in biological samples.
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Accounts of Chemical Research presents short, concise and critical articles offering easy-to-read overviews of basic research and applications in all areas of chemistry and biochemistry. These short reviews focus on research from the author’s own laboratory and are designed to teach the reader about a research project. In addition, Accounts of Chemical Research publishes commentaries that give an informed opinion on a current research problem. Special Issues online are devoted to a single topic of unusual activity and significance.
Accounts of Chemical Research replaces the traditional article abstract with an article "Conspectus." These entries synopsize the research affording the reader a closer look at the content and significance of an article. Through this provision of a more detailed description of the article contents, the Conspectus enhances the article's discoverability by search engines and the exposure for the research.