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Paper-based chemometer device for the estimation of α-amylase-a biomarker for pancreatitis.
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Pancreatitis is a life-threatening inflammatory disease of the pancreas. In 2019, 34.8 out of 100 000 people suffered from acute pancreatitis globally. In humans, the level of α-amylase increases three times the normal value during pancreatitis. α-Amylase is an enzyme that hydrolyses α-1,4 glycosidic bonds of starch. In this study, we investigated a novel distance-based sensing method. We exploited the existing starch triiodide method, where the blue colour of starch-triiodide fades away and becomes colourless when α-amylase breaks the starch chain at the α-1-4 glycosidic bond. A hydrophilic channel was made on paper using a simple laser printer to create hydrophobic barriers. This channel was impregnated with starch triiodide, where α-amylase can turn it colourless. This distance covered by the change in colour is directly proportional to the concentration of α-amylase in a sample. Simulated samples with different concentrations of porcine α-amylase and pancreatin were used for testing using the developed paper-based chemometer device. The paper-based chemometer device was also tested with artificial blood serum with different concentrations of α-amylase. The
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