AUTHOR=Lyu Xiaojun , Tang Wei , Sasaki Yui , Zhao Jie , Zheng Tingting , Tian Yang , Minami Tsuyoshi 

TITLE=Toward Food Freshness Monitoring: Coordination Binding–Based Colorimetric Sensor Array for Sulfur-Containing Amino Acids

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Chemistry

VOLUME=Volume 9 - 2021

YEAR=2021

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/chemistry/articles/10.3389/fchem.2021.685783

DOI=10.3389/fchem.2021.685783

ISSN=2296-2646

ABSTRACT=Herein, a self-assembled colorimetric chemosensor array composed of off-the-shelf catechol dyes has been used for the sulfur-containing amino acids (SCAAs; i.e., glutathione, glutathione disulfide, L–cysteine, DL–homocysteine, and L–cystine). The coordination binding–based chemosensor array (CBSA) fabricated by competitive binding among SCAAs, Zn2+ ions, and catechol dyes (i.e., pyrocatechol violet (PV), bromopyrogallol red (BPR), pyrogallol red (PR), and alizarin red S (ARS)) yielded fingerprint-like colorimetric changes. We succeeded in the qualification of SCAAs based on pattern recognition (i.e., a linear discrimination analysis (LDA)) with 100% correct classification accuracy. The semi-quantification of reduced/oxidized forms of SCAAs was also performed based on LDA. Furthermore, we performed a spike test of glutathione in food samples using the proposed chemosensor array with regression analysis. It is worth mentioning that we achieved a 91–110% recovery rate in real sample tests, which confirmed the accuracy of the constructed model. Thus, this study represents a step forward in assessing food freshness based on supramolecular analytical methods.