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. 2019 Dec 21;10(1):2. doi: 10.3390/bios10010002

Table 2.

Summary of selected reports on the electrochemical detection of LPS. When available, the LPS source, measurement time, detection limit, and range of detection are given in the table.

Material Method LPS Source Sensitivity, Time Range Ref.
Gold electrode/SAM/aptamer Electrochemical Impedance spectroscopy E. coli O55:B5 0.001 ng mL−1 0.001–1.0 ng mL−1 [53]
Gold electrode/polymer/Au nanoparticles/CramoLL lectin Electrochemical Impedance spectroscopy S. enterica serotype typhimurium (strain ATCC7823), K. pneumonia (strain ATCC15380), S. marcescens (strain ATCC21639) and E. coli (strain ATCC13027) Not reported; most sensitive to LPS from S. marcescens at 200 μg mL−1,
20 min
Not reported [65]
Gold electrode/nitrilotriacetic acid terminal SAM/Cu2+ Electrochemical Impedance spectroscopy E. coli O55:B5 0.0001 ng mL−1 0.0001–0.1 ng mL−1 [94]
Gold electrode/diaphorase enzyme/ferrocenylboronic acid Cyclic voltammetry E. coli O127:B8 50 ng mL−1,
10 min
Not reported [95]
Au electrode/SAM/rhTLR4/MD-2 complex Differential pulse voltammetry E. coli O55:B5 0.0002 EU mL−1
(2.0 × 10−5 ng mL−1),
30 min
0.0005–5 EU mL−1 [96]
Au nanoparticle modified electrode/aptamer Electrochemical Impedance spectroscopy E. coli O55:B5 0.05 ng mL−1,
10 min
0.01–10.24 ng mL−1 [97]
Aptamer modified Au electrode Electrochemical Impedance spectroscopy E. coli O55:B5 15 min 0.01–1.0 ng mL−1 [98]
Aptamer modified electrode and modified Au nanoparticles Differential pulse voltammetry E. coli O55:B5 0.033 pg mL−1,
64 min
0.05–1.0 pg mL−1; 1.0–10 pg mL−1 [99]
Au cluster—aptamer modified electrode Differential pulse voltammetry Endotoxin standard 7.94 × 10−21 M
(molar mass not reported)
0.01 aM–1.0 pM [100]
Fluorinated nanocarbon electrode/poly-ε-lysine Cyclic voltammetry Japanese Pharmacopeia reference standard 0.2 ng mL−1 0.02–200 ng mL−1 [101]
Polymyxin B modified SAM on Au electrode Electrochemical Impedance spectroscopy E. coli O111:B4 0.2 ng mL−1 0.2–0.8 ng mL−1 [102]
Ce-based metal organic framework with Au nanoparticles and DNAzyme Differential Pulse voltammetry Not given 3.3 fg mL−1
195 min
10 fg mL−1–100 ng mL−1 [103]
3D-interdigitated electrode array Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy E. coli O55:B5 2000 ng mL−1,
20 min
0–50 μg mL−1 [104]