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Advances in Microfluidic Paper-Based Analytical Devices for Food and Water Analysis

Food and water contamination cause safety and health concerns to both animals and humans. Conventional methods for monitoring food and water contamination are often laborious and require highly skilled technicians to perform the measurements, making the quest for developing simpler and cost-effectiv...

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Autores principales: Busa, Lori Shayne Alamo, Mohammadi, Saeed, Maeki, Masatoshi, Ishida, Akihiko, Tani, Hirofumi, Tokeshi, Manabu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6189793/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30404261
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/mi7050086
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Sumario:Food and water contamination cause safety and health concerns to both animals and humans. Conventional methods for monitoring food and water contamination are often laborious and require highly skilled technicians to perform the measurements, making the quest for developing simpler and cost-effective techniques for rapid monitoring incessant. Since the pioneering works of Whitesides’ group from 2007, interest has been strong in the development and application of microfluidic paper-based analytical devices (μPADs) for food and water analysis, which allow easy, rapid and cost-effective point-of-need screening of the targets. This paper reviews recently reported μPADs that incorporate different detection methods such as colorimetric, electrochemical, fluorescence, chemiluminescence, and electrochemiluminescence techniques for food and water analysis.