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    Liquid-liquid interface ion-transfer amperometric sensors for tenofovir as a model nucleoside/nucleotide anti-retroviral drug

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    2014
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    Hamid, Sara Hamid Ibrahim
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    Amperometric sensors for Tenofovir, a model nucleotide/ nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor ARV drug, were studied based on the principle of ion-transfer electrochemistry at the membrane-stabilized oil/ water interface (O||W) in a four-electrode cell set-up. Solutions of the hydrophobic salts tetradodecylammonium tetrakis(4-chlorophenyl) borate (ETH500), ethyl violet tetraphenylborate (EthVTPB), tetrabutylammonium tetraphenylborate (TBATPB), tetraphenylphosphnium tetraphenylborate (TPphTPB) and three ionic liquids (Methyltrioctylammonium bis(trifluoromethyl sulfonyl)imide (IL1), 1-butyl-3- methylimdazolium bis(trifluoromethyl sulfonyl)imide (IL3) and 1-propyl-3- methylimdazolium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide (IL4)) in nitrobenzene (NB), 1,2- dichloroethane (DCE), and 2-nitrophenyloctyl ether (NPOE) were each tested as O-phases. The cyclic voltammograms of the resulting O||W interfaces in aq. Li2SO4 or aq. MgSO4 were compared with respect to noise, potential window, and other parameters. The three ILs were also tested as self-sufficient salts without a solvent medium. In the end, the ETH500/ DCE salt/ solvent pair was found to yield the best behaved polarizable O||W interface in aq. MgSO4. The analytical characteristics of the resulting sensors to tenofovir without (Ag|ETH500/DCE||) and with the dibenzo-18-crown-6 (Ag|ETH5000/DB18C6/DCE|| in the O-phase were studied with respect to the two pairs of peaks in the CV, namely the WO ion transfer peak and the reverse OW peak. Both sensors exhibited operational stability of 90 min. After consideration of reasonable S/N ratio and sample throughput rates, the scan rate of 25 mV/ s was used in subsequent signal interrogation with CV. The final potential windows were 0.95 V wide for Ag|ETH500 (10 mM)/ DCE|| in aq. MgSO4 (50 mM) and 0.70 V wide for Ag|ETH500 (10 mM)/ DB18C6 (50 mM)/ DCE|| in aq. MgSO4 (50 mM). From plots of peak currents versus square of scan rate, tenofovir diffusion coefficients of about 2.48 × 10-11 cm2/ s were estimated, which indicated diffusion through the supporting membrane as the rate limiting process. Based on WO ion transfer peaks, the first one exhibited a detection limit of about 5 M, a linear range of 15 – 100 M, and sensitivity of 7.09 nA M-1 towards tenofovir, whereas for the second one these were respectively 3 M, 6.32 nA M-1, and 9 – 100 M. In this way, a four-electrode amperometric detection of ion transfer process at liquid | liquid interface, both under simple and ionophore-facilitated mode, has been demonstrated as promising for analysis of tenofovir as a representative of the nucleotide/ nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor ARV drugs
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