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Current Trends of Electrochemical Sensing for Mycotoxins

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Biosensors in Agriculture: Recent Trends and Future Perspectives

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The presence of mycotoxins in food materials is difficult to control, and some mycotoxins are carcinogenic even at very low concentration. Therefore, there is a demand for fast, sensitive, user friendly, and stable method for the detection of mycotoxins. A portable smart biosensor is in a recent appeal in industries and daily life in place of tedious and time taking conventional techniques. In the present chapter, we analyze the current scenario for mycotoxin detection by immunosensors based on labeled and label-free methods, aptasensors. Some other recent trends such as mimotope and nanobody as a recognition agent for mycotoxin sensing are also discussed. We also discussed the new trends in nanomaterials, or matrix of electrode and transuding techniques. The current challenges, and technological aspects which experience during the development of biosensors are also discussed, at the end future research aspects mentioned.

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Prof. Tinku Basu, Director, Centre for Nanomedicine is thankful to Funding Agency, BIRAC for financial support (BT/AIR0416/PACE-I 4/18). R. Chauhan acknowledges the postdoctoral fellowship from the University of KwaZulu Natal, Westville, South Africa.

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Chauhan, R., Bhardwaj, R., Bharadwaj, S.K., Kaushik, A., Karpoormath, R., Basu, T. (2021). Current Trends of Electrochemical Sensing for Mycotoxins. In: Pudake, R.N., Jain, U., Kole, C. (eds) Biosensors in Agriculture: Recent Trends and Future Perspectives. Concepts and Strategies in Plant Sciences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-66165-6_14

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