Recent Advances in Fluorescent Nanoprobes for Food Safety Detection

Huanxiang Yuan; Yutong Li; Jiaqi Lv; Yunhe An; Di Guan; Jia Liu; Chenxiao Tu; Xiaoyu Wang; Huijuan Zhou

doi:10.3390/molecules28145604

Molecules (Jul 2023)

Recent Advances in Fluorescent Nanoprobes for Food Safety Detection

Huanxiang Yuan,
Yutong Li,
Jiaqi Lv,
Yunhe An,
Di Guan,
Jia Liu,
Chenxiao Tu,
Xiaoyu Wang,
Huijuan Zhou

Affiliations

Huanxiang Yuan: Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Beijing Technology and Business University, Beijing 100048, China
Yutong Li: Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Beijing Technology and Business University, Beijing 100048, China
Jiaqi Lv: Institute of Analysis and Testing, Beijing Academy of Science and Technology (Beijing Center for Physical & Chemical Analysis), Beijing 100089, China
Yunhe An: Institute of Analysis and Testing, Beijing Academy of Science and Technology (Beijing Center for Physical & Chemical Analysis), Beijing 100089, China
Di Guan: Institute of Analysis and Testing, Beijing Academy of Science and Technology (Beijing Center for Physical & Chemical Analysis), Beijing 100089, China
Jia Liu: Institute of Analysis and Testing, Beijing Academy of Science and Technology (Beijing Center for Physical & Chemical Analysis), Beijing 100089, China
Chenxiao Tu: Institute of Analysis and Testing, Beijing Academy of Science and Technology (Beijing Center for Physical & Chemical Analysis), Beijing 100089, China
Xiaoyu Wang: School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China
Huijuan Zhou: Institute of Analysis and Testing, Beijing Academy of Science and Technology (Beijing Center for Physical & Chemical Analysis), Beijing 100089, China

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules28145604
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 28, no. 14
p. 5604

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Fluorescent nanoprobes show similar fluorescence properties to traditional organic dyes, but the addition of nanotechnology accurately controls the size, shape, chemical composition, and surface chemistry of the nanoprobes with unique characteristics and properties, such as bright luminescence, high photostability, and strong biocompatibility. For example, modifying aptamers or antibodies on a fluorescent nanoprobe provides high selectivity and specificity for different objects to be tested. Fluorescence intensity, life, and other parameters of targets can be changed by different sensing mechanisms based on the unique structural and optical characteristics of fluorescent nanoprobes. What’s more, the detection of fluorescent nanoprobes is cost-saving, simple, and offers great advantages in rapid food detection. Sensing mechanisms of fluorescent nanoprobes were introduced in this paper, focusing on the application progress in pesticide residues, veterinary drug residues, heavy metals, microbes, mycotoxins, and other substances in food safety detection in recent years. A brief outlook for future development was provided as well.

Published in Molecules

ISSN: 1420-3049 (Online)
Publisher: MDPI AG
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Science: Chemistry: Organic chemistry
Website: http://www.mdpi.com/journal/molecules

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