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Biosensors and Bioelectronics | 2002

Enhancement of operational stability of an enzyme biosensor for glucose and sucrose using protein based stabilizing agents

M.D. Gouda; M.A. Kumar; M.S. Thakur; N.G. Karanth

With the incorporation of lysozyme during the immobilization step, considerable enhancement of the operational stability of a biosensor has been demonstrated in the case of an immobilized single enzyme (glucose oxidase) system for glucose and multienzyme (invertase, mutarotase and glucose oxidase) system for sucrose. Thus an increased number of repeated analyses of 750 samples during 230 days for glucose and 400 samples during 40 days of operation for sucrose have been achieved. The increased operational stability of immobilized single and multienzyme system, will improve the operating cost effectiveness of the biosensor.


Biosensors and Bioelectronics | 2004

Enhancement of stability of immobilized glucose oxidase by modification of free thiols generated by reducing disulfide bonds and using additives

K.C. Gulla; M.D. Gouda; M.S. Thakur; N.G. Karanth

Stability of glucose oxidase (GOD) immobilized with lysozyme has been considerably enhanced by modification of free thiols generated by reducing disulfide bonds using beta-mercaptoethanol and N-ethylmaleimide in conjunction with additives like antibiotics and salts. Thermal stability of immobilized GOD was quantified by means of the transition temperature, Tm and the operational stability by half-life t1/2 at 70 degrees C. Modification of the free thiols in the enzyme coupled with the presence of kanamycin, NaCl, and K2SO4, led to increase in Tm, to 80, 82 and 84 degrees C (compared to 75 degrees C in control) and t1/2 by 7.7-, 11- and 22-fold, respectively, indicating that this method can be effectively used for enhancing the stability of enzymes.


World Journal of Microbiology & Biotechnology | 2001

An automated flow injection analysis system for on-line monitoring of glucose and L-lactate during lactic acid fermentation in a recycle bioreactor

M.A. Kumar; M.S. Thakur; A. Senthuran; V. Senthuran; N.G. Karanth; R. Hatti-Kaul; B. Mattiasson

The study concerns on-line sequential analysis of glucose and L-lactate during lactic acid fermentation using a flow injection analysis (FIA) system. Enzyme electrodes containing immobilized glucose oxidase and L-lactate oxidase were used with an amperometric detection system. A 12-bit data acquisition card with 16 analog input channels and 8 digital output channels was used. The software for data acquisition was developed using Visual C++, and was devised for sampling every hour for sequential analyses of lactate and glucose. The detection range was found to be 2–100 g l−1 for glucose and 1–60 g l−1 for L-lactate using the biosensors. This FIA system was used for monitoring glucose utilization and L-lactate production by immobilized cells of Lactobacillus casei subsp. rhamnosus during a lactic acid fermentation process in a recycle batch reactor. After 13 h of fermentation, complete sugar utilization and maximal L-lactate production was observed. A good agreement was observed between analysis data obtained using the biosensors and data from standard analyses of reducing sugar and L-lactate. The biosensors exhibited excellent stability during continuous operation for at least 45 days.


Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology | 2002

Reversible denaturation behavior of immobilized glucose oxidase.

M.D. Gouda; M.S. Thakur; N.G. Karanth

Glucose oxidase (GOD) was immobilized by using glutaraldehyde crosslinking and various stabilizing agents such as BSA, gelatin, lysozyme, and polyethylenimine (PEI). Studies on the denaturation of the soluble as well as immobilized GOD were carried out for 1 h at various concentrations of guanidine hydrochloride (GdmCl) in 50 mM phosphate buffer, pH 6.0 at 25±1°C. The soluble enzyme required a GdmCl concentration of 5M for total activity loss, whereas for GOD immobilized with BSA, gelatin, lysozyme, and heat-inactivated lysozyme, the corresponding GdmCl concentration required was 8 M. GOD immobilized with PEI, however, was more stable and retained 25% activity when denatured for 1 h using 8 M GdmCl. However, after undergoing denaturation for 1 h, GOD immobilized with lysozyme regained 72% original activity within 20 min of renaturation, while GOD immobilized with BSA, PEI, gelatin, and heat-inactivated lysozyme regained only 39, 21, 20, and 25% of activity, respectively. After five cycles of repeated denaturation and renaturation with 8 M GdmCl, GOD immobilized with lysozyme retained 70% of the original activity. Refolding ability of lysozyme, glutaraldehyde crosslinkages between lysozyme and GOD, together with ionic interactions between them, appear to play an important role in the denaturation-renaturation behavior of the immobilized enzyme.


Food and Agricultural Immunology | 2003

Immunoanalysis of endosulphan residues in spices.

B. E. Amita Rani; K. R. Roshni; Akmal Pasha; N.G. Karanth

ELISA based endosulfan assay was developed using antibodies raised against a hapten for endosulfan. The competitive assay formatted had a sensitivity of 14 ppb and the minimum detection level was 1.4 ppb. The application and efficiency of the assay was tested for the detection of residues in spices like red chillies (var. Byadagi), pepper and cardamom. For red chilli six different matrix clean-up approaches such as dilution, coagulation of matrices and adsorption florisil column were tested. Clean-up was not achieved by individual methods (IC 50 >100 ppb). A combination of dilution and coagulation methods improved the efficiency of the clean-up resulting in an IC 50 of 11–14 ppb. Spike and recovery studies were conducted and the recovery was 75–100%. For pepper, extraction with 65% acetonitrile appeared to be good while for cardamom a matrix effect was seen in all the extracts. Clean-up of matrices is yet to be achieved. The ELISA technique reported could be effectively used to alert endosulfan contamination in red chillies and pepper which have great export potential.


Food and Agricultural Immunology | 2007

Development of polyclonal ELISA for the N-methylcarbamate insecticide bendiocarb

Chetan Anand; Akmal Pasha; M. D. Swetha; Putte Gowda; B.E. Amitha Rani; N.G. Karanth

Abstract A polyclonal antibody-based enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) method was developed for the N-methylcarbamate insecticide bendiocarb (2,2-dimethyl-1,3-benzodioxol-4-yl methylcarbamate). Two novel haptens having dimethylbenzodioxyl and dimethylbenzofuranyl groups connected to oxyacetyl-γ-aminobutanoic acid and oxyacetyl-β-alanine spacer arm respectively were synthesised. The first hapten was conjugated to carrier proteins to make antigens that were used to raise polyclonal antibodies in rabbits. The antibodies specifically recognised bendiocarb and its metabolite 2,2-dimethyl-1,3-benzodiox-4-ol with an IC50 value of 9 ppb (ng ml−1). The assay was standardised using the competitive ELISA format at 0.0625 µg antibody concentration and at 1/10k pesticide-HRP dilution. Matrix effect studies were carried out in four vegetable and cereal food samples. Matrix effect elimination in cabbage, cauliflower and rice was achieved by simple dilution of the extract. Five different approaches were attempted to achieve matrix clean up in paddy rice. C-18 column and gel permeation column chromatography (GPC) helped in the matrix removal. The spike and recovery studies for all the four food samples gave a recovery in the range of 75–95%, thus indicating the efficiency of the matrix elimination procedures developed.


Biochimica et Biophysica Acta | 2002

Reactivation of immobilized acetyl cholinesterase in an amperometric biosensor for organophosphorus pesticide.

K.C. Gulla; M.D. Gouda; M.S. Thakur; N.G. Karanth


Biosensors and Bioelectronics | 2004

Regeneration of ethyl parathion antibodies for repeated use in immunosensor: a study on dissociation of antigens from antibodies

V.B. Kandimalla; N.S. Neeta; N.G. Karanth; M.S. Thakur; K.R. Roshini; B.E.A. Rani; Akmal Pasha; N. G. Karanth


Biosensors and Bioelectronics | 2004

Stabilization of immobilized glucose oxidase against thermal inactivation by silanization for biosensor applications

V.R. Sarath Babu; M.A. Kumar; N.G. Karanth; M.S. Thakur


Biosensors and Bioelectronics | 2006

Detection of methyl parathion using immuno-chemiluminescence based image analysis using charge coupled device.

R.S. Chouhan; K. Vivek Babu; M.A. Kumar; N.S. Neeta; M.S. Thakur; B.E. Amitha Rani; Akmal Pasha; N.G. Karanth; N. G. Karanth

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M.S. Thakur

Central Food Technological Research Institute

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M.A. Kumar

Central Food Technological Research Institute

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Akmal Pasha

Central Food Technological Research Institute

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M.D. Gouda

Central Food Technological Research Institute

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V.R. Sarath Babu

Central Food Technological Research Institute

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B.E. Amitha Rani

Central Food Technological Research Institute

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K.C. Gulla

Central Food Technological Research Institute

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N. G. Karanth

Central Food Technological Research Institute

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N.S. Neeta

Central Food Technological Research Institute

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Putte Gowda

Central Food Technological Research Institute

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