F. Bedioui et al., ELABORATION AND USE OF NICKEL PLANAR MACROCYCLIC COMPLEX-BASED SENSORS FOR THE DIRECT ELECTROCHEMICAL MEASUREMENT OF NITRIC-OXIDE IN BIOLOGICAL MEDIA, Biosensors & bioelectronics, 12(3), 1997, pp. 205-212
We describe here the electrochemical detection of nitric oxide, NO, in
biological systems by using chemically modified ultramicro carbon ele
ctrodes. In the first part of the paper, the different steps involved
in the electrochemical preparation and characterization of the nickel-
based sensor are described. This is illustrated by the use of nickel(I
I) tetrasulfonated phthalocyanine complex. The second part of the pape
r describes two examples of the direct electrochemical measurement of
NO production in human blood platelets and endothelial cells from umbi
lical cord vein. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science Limited.