1IntroductionPyridoxine( 4,5-bis(hydroxymethyl)-2-methylpyridin-3-ol), as o-called Vitamin B6, is aw ater soluble vitamin. It is involved in several biochemical reactions such as the metabolism of amino acids and glycogen and the synthesis of the neurotransmitters serotonin,d opamine and norepinephrine [1][2][3].P yridoxine has several functions includingf or example,b alancing of the hormonal changes in women, assisting in the immune system and the growth of new cells,a nd further is involved in the nucleic acids RNAa sw ell as DNAa nd linkedt oc anceri mmunity and fights the formation of the toxic chemicalh omocysteine, which is detrimental to the heart muscle.P yridoxine also exhibits antioxidant activity [4][5][6][7] and acts as ac ofactor of more than one hundred enzymes whichc atalyze the phosphorolytic cleavage of glycogen and aw ide variety of metabolic reactions of amino acids [5].L ack of this vitamin may cause several diseases such as anemia, nerve damage, seizures,s kin problems,a nd sores in the mouth [1].Because of the physiologicali mportance of pyridoxine, severalm ethodsh ave been developedf or its assaying, includingf luorimetry [1-6],s pectrophotometry, [7][8][9][10][11], high performance liquid chromatography [12][13][14][15],flow injection analysis [16][17][18],c apillary zone electrophoresis [19,20] and potentiometric membrane sensor [21,22]. Some of these methods are cumbersome,t ime-consuming and expensive.O nt he other hand, the determination of water-soluble vitamins in various samples is ratherd ifficult due to the chemical instability and complexity of the matrices in whicht hey usuallye xist [23].Asuitable methods hould overcomet hese difficulties in addition to achieving stability and fastness.E lectrochemical methods are expected to be ar emedial solution for such problems as they are advantageouslys imple,s ensitive andn ot so time-consuming. Voltammetric analysis of severald rugs includingp yridoxine [24][25][26] has been also reported [24,[27][28][29][30][31]. In theser eports [24][25][26],p yridoxine is oxidized at large potential, and thus the analysis might encounter with the interference of more easily oxidizable biological substances.I nt he present work the analysis of pyridoxine on nano-Cu/Aue lectrode at relatively low potentialsw ill be introduced. Thea bility of pyridoxine to formac omplexw ith copper [32]i ons is utilized for the analysis of pyridoxine using square wave voltammetry which has an advantage of high immunity against charging current and consequently ahigh sensitivity.
Reagentsa nd SolutionsAll solutions were prepared using bidistilled water. All chemicals were of analyticalg rade and used withoutf urther purification. Pyridoxine (vitamin B6) standard soluAbstract:P yridoxine is analyzed using square wave voltammetry (SWV) at copper nanoparticles (nano-Cu) modified poly-crystalline gold electrode( nano-Cu/Au). Nano-Cu/Aui sf abricated by ap otential scan electrodeosition technique.N ano-Cu/Aue lectrodeh as been characterized morphologically and electrochem...