Ionic Liquid and f‐MWCNTs Fabricated Glassy Carbon Electrode for Determination of Amygdalin in Apple Seeds

Abstract

This work proposes a novel electrochemical sensor based on functionalised multiwalled carbon nanotubes (f-MWCNTs), zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnONPs), and (methyltrioctylammonium chloride ionic liquid (IL)) fabricated glassy carbon electrode (GCE), for the determination of amygdalin (AMY) in apple seeds. X-ray diffraction (XRD), Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET), Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), Transmission electron microscopy (TEM), Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) as well as electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) techniques were used to characterize the synthesized ZnONPs and its nanocomposite. EIS and differential Pulse Voltammetry (DPV) was utilized to investigate the electrochemical behavior of AMY on the IL-ZnONPs-f-MWCNTs nanocomposite modified GCE. The linear range response is obtained from 0.012-6 μM for AMY determination under optimized experimental conditions, and the limit of detection (LOD) values were found to be 0.012 μM. The novel method developed was successfully used to determine AMY in spiked apple seed samples with satisfactory results.