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A Fluorescence-Based Chemical Sensor for Detection of Melamine in Aqueous Solutions
Radha, Remya Vitor, Rute F. Al-Sayah, Mohammad
Radha, Remya
Vitor, Rute F.
Al-Sayah, Mohammad
Date
2021
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Type
Article
Peer-Reviewed
Published version
Peer-Reviewed
Published version
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Abstract
Melamine, an industrial chemical, receives wide attention nowadays because of its unethical usage as a nitrogen enhancer in protein-rich foods and dairy products. Since most of the existing melamine detection methods are highly expensive and time-consuming, high sensitivity biosensorbased detection methods have arisen in the scientific literature as promising alternatives. This study reports the design, synthesis, and fluorescent investigations of a carbazole-based sensor (CB) for the detection of melamine in aqueous solutions. The titration studies and microplate experiments on a CB-cyanuric acid mixture (CB-CA) with melamine suggested that the novel sensor could detect melamine even at very low concentrations in both aqueous solutions and dairy samples.