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Voltammetric behavior and the determination of quercetin at a flowerlike Co3O4 nanoparticles modified glassy carbon electrode

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Flowerlike Co3O4 nanoparticles were used as a modifier on the glassy carbon electrode to fabricate a quercetin (Qu) sensor. The morphology and crystallinity of the prepared Co3O4 material were investigated by scanning electron microscopy and X-ray diffraction. Electrochemical behavior of Qu at the sensor was studied by cyclic voltammetry and semi-derivative voltammetry. Results suggested that the modified electrode exhibited a strong electrocatalytic activity toward the redox of Qu. The electron transfer coefficient (α), the number of electron transfer (n), and the diffusion coefficient (D) of Qu at the sensor were calculated. Under the optimum conditions, the catalytic peak currents of Qu were linearly dependent on the concentrations of Qu in the range from 5.0 × 10−7 to 3.3 × 10−4 M, with a detection limit of 1.0 × 10−7 M. This proposed method was successfully applied to determine the quercetin concentration in Ginkgo leaf tablet and human urine samples.

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Acknowledgments

This study was supported by a Grant-in-aid for Scientific Research from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) and the CREST program of the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST). The authors are also grateful to the State Natural Sciences Foundation project (no. 50873042), the Jiangsu Marine Resource Development Research Institute Foundation (JSIMR09B05), and the Marine Key Lab Foundation of Jiangsu Province (2010HS11). Finally many thanks to Professor James Gould and Professor Micheal Herriman for their help with the English of this article.

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  1. Department of Chemical Engineering, Huaihai Institute of Technology, Lianyungang, 222005, Jiangsu, China

    MingYan Wang, DongEn Zhang, ZhiWei Tong & XingYou Xu

  2. Laboratory of Materials Chemistry, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, 210094, China

    MingYan Wang, XingYou Xu & XuJie Yang

  3. Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Kawaguchi-shi, Saitama, Japan

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Wang, M., Zhang, D., Tong, Z. et al. Voltammetric behavior and the determination of quercetin at a flowerlike Co3O4 nanoparticles modified glassy carbon electrode. J Appl Electrochem 41, 189–196 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10800-010-0223-6

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