Publication: Pesticide aptasensors—state of the art and perspectives
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2020-12-01
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Sensors (Switzerland). Vol.20, No.23 (2020), 1-40
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Kamonrat Phopin, Tanawut Tantimongcolwat Pesticide aptasensors—state of the art and perspectives. Sensors (Switzerland). Vol.20, No.23 (2020), 1-40. doi:10.3390/s20236809 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/60388
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Pesticide aptasensors—state of the art and perspectives
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© 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. Contamination by pesticides in the food chain and the environment is a worldwide problem that needs to be actively monitored to ensure safety. Unfortunately, standard pesticide analysis based on mass spectrometry takes a lot of time, money and effort. Thus, simple, reliable, cost-effective and field applicable methods for pesticide detection have been actively developed. One of the most promising technologies is an aptamer-based biosensor or so-called aptasensor. It utilizes aptamers, short single-stranded DNAs or RNAs, as pesticide recognition elements to integrate with various innovative biosensing technologies for specific and sensitive detection of pesticide residues. Several platforms for aptasensors have been dynamically established, such as colorimetry, fluorometry, electrochemistry, electrochemiluminescence (ECL) and so forth. Each platform has both advantages and disadvantages depending on the purpose of use and readiness of technology. For example, colorimetric-based aptasensors are more affordable than others because of the simplicity of fabrication and resource requirements. Electrochemical-based aptasensors have mainly shown better sensitivity than others with exceedingly low detection limits. This paper critically reviews the progression of pesticide aptasensors throughout the development process, including the selection, characterization and modification of aptamers, the conceptual frameworks of integrating aptamers and biosensors, the ASSURED (affordable, sensitive, specific, user-friendly, rapid and robust, equipment-free and deliverable to end users) criteria of different platforms and the future outlook.