DESENVOLVIMENTO DE UM SIMPLES E NOVO SENSOR PARA FLUTAMIDA À BASE DE NANOTUBOS DE CARBONO OXIDADO E ÓXIDO DE GRAFENO: APLICAÇÃO EM AMOSTRAS DE URINA ARTIFICIAL E FORMULAÇÕES FARMACÊUTICAS

Abstract

This paper describes the development of a simple and new sensor electrochemical determination of flutamide in voltamétrica formulations pharmaceutical and artificial urine specimens using a carbon electrode vitreous (ECV) modified with oxidized carbon nanotubes and graphene oxide (NCO-OG), which was named ECV/NCO-OG. Electronic microscopy techniques scanning (SEM) and Raman Spectroscopy were used for the characterization of carbon based materials. The electrochemical response of the analyte front of the ECV/NCO-OG was investigated by cyclic voltammetry techniques (VC) and square wave voltammetry (VOQ). The sensor exhibited a high activity eletrocatalítica for the reduction of flutamide in 0.05 V vs. Ag/AgCl. The parameters experimental influence the response of the electrode was investigated and the optimum conditions were found for the electrode modified with NCO-OG, in Britton-Robinson buffer solution-BR on concentration of 0.1 mol L-1 (pH 5). The proposed sensor presented a wide range of linear response of concentration for the flutamide of 0.1 to 1000 µmol L-1 (or µ g L-1 27.6 to 0.27 g L-1) for n = 15 (R2 = 0.997), limit of detection (LOD), limit of quantification (LOQ), and sensitivity of 0.03 µmol L-1, 0.1 µmol L-1, and 0.30 µmol µA -1 L, respectively. The ECV/NCO-OG was successfully applied to the determination of flutamide in pharmaceutical formulations used in the treatment of prostate cancer and artificial urine samples. The results obtained with the proposed sensor were compared with the method described in the literature and showed a level of 95% confidence, demonstrating that there is no statistical difference between the method of reference and the method proposed. The addition and recovery studies show that the proposed method presents a satisfactory accuracy with average value of 101% recovery ( 1)%. for the fortified samples.