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Title: Detection of polyaromatic compounds using antibody-based fiberoptics fluoroimmunosensors

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OSTI ID:5069306

In this work we have investigated the performance of an antibody-based fiberoptics sensor for the detection of the carcinogen benzo(a)pyrene and its DNA-adduct product BP-tetrol. The excellent sensitivity of this device - femtomole limits of detection for BP - illustrates that it has considerable potential to perform analyses of chemical and biological samples at trace levels in complex matrices. The results indicate that fiberoptics-based fluoroimmunosensors can be useful in a wide spectrum of biochemical and clinical analyses. 17 refs., 4 figs., 1 tab.

Research Organization:
Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (USA); Tennessee Univ., Knoxville (USA). Dept. of Chemistry
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-84OR21400
OSTI ID:
5069306
Report Number(s):
CONF-870940-5; ON: DE88009065
Resource Relation:
Conference: 11. international symposium on polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons, Gaithersburg, MD, USA, 23 Sep 1987
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English