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Abstract
Atrazine is a selective systemic herbicide of the chlorotriazine class that is commonly used for controlling annual broadleaf and grassy weeds. However, its residue can harm the environment and human health. We have therefore developed a novel idiotypic-based noncompetitive immunoassay for the detection of atrazine by exploiting the distinctive recognition properties of anti-idiotypic antibodies. This method utilizes atrazine as a “key” to specifically dissociation the “lock” of an anti-idiotypic antibody and detection antibody immunocomplex, thereby enabling both qualitative and quantitative analysis of atrazine. Following all necessary optimizations, this method was capable exhibiting a limit of detection (LOD) of 0.52 ng/mL with R2 = 0.990, and a linear range of 1.76 to 2604.61 ng/mL. This immunoassay offered its potential towards detection of atrazine in water and 10 kinds of vegetable samples with a recovery ranging from 70.76 to 119.28 %. The idiotypic-based noncompetitive immunoassay provides a well suitable method for low-molecular-weight contaminants immunoassay.
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Food Chemistry publishes original research papers dealing with the advancement of the chemistry and biochemistry of foods or the analytical methods/ approach used. All papers should focus on the novelty of the research carried out.