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Gold-based strip sensor for the rapid and sensitive detection of butralin in tomatoes and peppers

Abstract Butralin is a widely used dinitroaniline herbicide. Butralin residues in vegetables or fruits represent a threat to human health. In this study, we developed a rapid and sensitive gold-based lateral flow immunoassay (LFIA) for butralin detection in tomato and green pepper samples based on a screened monoclonal antibody (mAb) against butralin. The mAb possessed a half-maximal inhibitory concentration (IC50) of 12.7 ng/mL, with no cross-reactivity toward other dinitroaniline herbicides. The established LFIA strip had a visible limit of detection (LOD) of 50 ng/g and a cut-off value of 2000 ng/g in tomato and green pepper samples. According to the calibration curves for quantitative analysis, the calculated LODs of the LFIA strip were 4.7 ng/g and 4.3 ng/g in tomato and green pepper, respectively. The results were obtained within 10 min. The average recoveries ranged between 95.4% and 109.6% with a coefficient of variation (CV) of 4.3% to 7.1% in tomato samples and between 94.8% and 109.1% with a CV of 3.9% to 6.1% in green pepper samples. These data suggested that our proposed LFIA is a sensitive, specific, and reliable method for the rapid detection of butralin in real samples.