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. 2018 Oct 28;188(1):124–137. doi: 10.1007/s12010-018-2911-3

Table 2.

Comparison of analytical performances of different techniques based on phenylboronic acid used for glycoprotein detection

Target analyte Sensing principle Sensor preparation method Linear range Limit of detection (LOD) Ref
Dopamine Electrochemical Molecularly imprinted poly (acrylamidophenylboronic acid) film 5 × 10−9 M–2 × 10−6 M 20 × 10−9 M [63]
Carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) Electrochemical Self-assembling of a thiol-mixed monolayer comprised of 3-APBA with 11-mercaptoundecanoic acid and 11-mercapto-1-undecanol on gold 1.25–20 × 10−15 M 0.55 × 10−15 M [48]
Dopamine Impedimetric biosensor Electropolymerization of 3-APBA on a preformed polyaniline layer 1 × 10−10 M–1 × 10−5 M 1 × 10−10 M [57]
Ovalbumin Electrochemical Magnetic ferriferous oxide nanoparticles functionalized by phenylboronic acid 2.2 × 10−8 M–44 × 10−8 M 2.75 × 10−9 M [67]
Prostate specific antigen (PSA) Reusable amperometric immunosensor Enzyme conjugated anti-PSA antibody reversible binding with a self-assembled phenylboronic acid monolayer on gold 6–45 × 10−11 M and 45–60 × 10−11 M N/D [64]
Dopamine Imprinted electrochemical sensor Molecular imprinting based sensor using pyrrole-phenylboronic acid as the electropolymerized monomer 5.0 × 10−8 M–1.0 × 10−5 3.3 × 10−8 M [68]
Horse radish peroxidase (HRP) Electrochemical Self-assembly of 4-mercaptophenylboronic acid on dendritic gold nanoparticles 2.5 × 10−9 M–25 × 10−6 M 0.5 × 10−9 M [66]
Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) Electrochemical immunosensor Use of APBA for the oriented immobilization of Anti-ACTH antibodies onto screen-printed carbon modified electrode surface 2.2 × 10−16 M–1.1 × 10−13 M 4.0 × 10−17 M [65]
Dopamine Fluorescence titration Fluorescence sensory membrane based on the design of an acrylic monomer with a phenylboronic acid residue conjugated with an aromatic imino group and a phenyl ring 4.76 × 10−5 M–1.01 × 10−1 M 3–4 × 10−4 M [15]
Pathogenic influenza A virus Quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) and surface plasmon resonance (SPR) Use of 4-aminophenyl boronic acid (4-APBA) as a ligand for binding of sialic acid (SA) via boronic acid–sugar interaction which then interacts with hemagglutinin protein on Influenza A virus 0.01 × 10−3 M–0.16 × 10−3 M 4.7 × 10−8 M for QCM and 1.28 × 10−7 M for SPR [62]
Human immunoglobulin G (IgG) Capacitive biosensor Preparation of APBA moieties onto tyramine-electropolymerized gold electrodes 1.0 × 10−13 M–1.0 × 10−7 M 16 × 10−15 M In this study