A nanostructure based voltammetric platform constructed with carbon nanofibers and erbium nanoparticles for the determination of yohimbine and its DNA binding
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Abstract
Yohimbine is a natural supplement to improve symptoms of erectile dysfunction. Yohimbine supplementations are also used for body composition and weight loss. Yohimbine may cause several complications including nausea, abdominal pain, dizziness, nervousness, anxiety and severe acute intoxication. Thus, a sensitive method of analysis is of requirement since many yohimbine-containing supplements are reported to be inaccurately labelled. For this purpose, a novel sensor was constructed by modifying a glassy carbon electrode (GCE) with ultrasonication-assisted preparation of erbium oxide nanoparticles and carbon nanofibers (GCE/CNFs@Er2O3) for the measurement of yohimbine. An electro-active surface area of 0.054, 0.196 and 0.330 cm2 was calculated for GCE, GCE/CNFs and GCE/CNFs@Er2O3, respectively. The impact of nanoparticles of Er2O3 resulted in a good synergistic effect, leading to a large increase in the peak response and a remarkable change in the oxidation potential (Epa) of yohimbine. The novel platform exhibited a linear range of 2.0 × 10-8 ∼ 1.6 × 10-5 M and a detection limit of 8.0 × 10-9 M. GCE/CNFs@Er2O3 exhibited high accuracy and excellent precision for the analysis of yohimbine capsule and urine. In addition, a standard Gibbs free-energy change (ΔG0) of –22.7 kJ/mol at 25 ℃ reveals that the interaction of yohimbine with DNA occurs spontaneously.
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