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. 2018 Mar 27;4(5):FSO301. doi: 10.4155/fsoa-2017-0142

Table 1. . Summary of urine-based biosensors for analyte detection.

Class Biomarker Detection method Detection limit Response time Ref.
Metabolite (noninfectious) Glucose Colorimetric 3e-7 mol l-1 20 min [11]

  Glucose
Lactate
Uric acid
Electrochemical 0.35 mM
1.76 mM
0.52 mM
2 min [3]

  HSA Chemiluminescence 2.5 mg l-1 32 min [12]

  hGH Bimodal waveguide interferometry  10 pg ml-1 8 min [13]

  Creatinine Electrochemical 6.8 μg/dl 20 min [14]

Pathogens (infectious) Schistosoma haematobium Electrochemical 0.53 ng/μl 60 min [15]

  LAM Optical 19 ng/ml 60 min [16]

  Escherichia coli, Neisseria gonorrhoeae Optical 10 CFU/ml 30 s [17]

Protein (noninfectious) NMP22 Electrochemical 3.3 pg/ml N/A [18]

  hCG Electrochemical 2.4 pg/ml 30 min [19]

  TGF-β1 Electrochemical 10 pg/ml 20 min [20]

  Lactoferrin Electrochemical 145 pg/ml 30 min [21]

  IL-6, CRP Electrochemical 1 pg/ml 5 min This work

CFU: Colony-forming units; CRP: C-reactive protein; hGH: Human growth hormone; HSA: Human serum albumin; LAM: Lymphangioleiomyomatosis.