Advances in the detection of emerging contaminant metformin: A critical review

L Wu, L Wang, C Huang, C Gu, W Tan, Y Tian… - Microchemical Journal, 2024 - Elsevier
Metformin is a well-known primary medicine for the treatment of type Ⅱ diabetes, which has
become the most commonly found medicine with the largest amounts in aqueous …

Analytical probe for reliable sensing of metformin using cannon ball flower derived fluorescent CDs

P Khandagale, A Pattanshetti, P Mahajan, R Dhabbe… - Emergent …, 2024 - Springer
Currently, carbon dots (CDs) have emerged as effective and viable sensing probes for
detection of drugs owing to their exceptional fluorescence properties. Herein, the present …

Dual-emission ratiometric fluorometric platform using Cu@ NCDs/eosin system for sensitive detection of metformin: Pharmacokinetic studies in normal and disease …

YAB Jardan, MM El-Wekil, AM Mostafa, J Barker… - Microchemical …, 2025 - Elsevier
A novel ratiometric fluorometric method has been developed for the determination of
metformin (MET) using a dual-emission system composed of copper ion-modified nitrogen …

Visualizing cellular uptake of metformin by a luminogenic bioimaging probe in living cancer cells

X Wang, S Jing, CH Leung, W Wang, J Wang - Microchemical Journal, 2024 - Elsevier
Recently, metformin has been repurposed as a promising anticancer drug, but its cellular
uptake mechanism in cancer cells is elusive. The need for useful bioimaging tools for …

Novel enhanced detection and resolution of a nonfluorescent mixture in plasma at nanogram levels using sustainable fluorescent carbon dots and advanced …

HA Abdullatif, M Abdelkawy, SA Boltia… - … Acta Part A: Molecular …, 2025 - Elsevier
For the first time, advanced chemometric models were utilized to determine florescence
induced by carbon dots. In an endeavor to regulate anthelmintic drug usage by facilitating …

Recyclable magnetic ratiometric fluorescence sensor based on Fe3O4-CDs and CdTe for rapid visualized detection brucine in complicated samples

J Ling, Z Zhang, Z Cai, W Zhang, D Wen, Y Ding - Microchemical Journal, 2024 - Elsevier
Developing a quick, sensitive, and cost-effective fluorescent detection system for identifying
brucine toxicity is essential for assessing food safety and monitoring human health. In this …

Detection of pioglitazone based on dual-emission ratiometric fluorescence probe consisting of ZIF8 and to L-ASC-AuNP/DA nanoparticles

M Gazizadeh, G Dehghan, J Soleymani - Microchimica Acta, 2024 - Springer
A simple and sensitive dual-emission ratiometric fluorescent probe was developed using
zeolitic imidazolate framework 8 (ZIF8) and L-ascorbic acid Au-doped dopamine …

A dual-emission ratiometric fluorescent biosensor for ultrasensitive detection of glibenclamide using S-CDs/CdS quantum dots

M Gazizadeh, G Dehghan, J Soleymani - Spectrochimica Acta Part A …, 2023 - Elsevier
In the present work, sulfide-doped carbon dots (S-CDs)/cadmium sulfide quantum dots (CdS
QDs) ratiometric fluorescent nanosensor has been developed for sensitive and selective …

Blue light emitting graphene quantum dots/Rhodamine B doped gold nanostars for ratiometric detection of methotrexate

M Gazizadeh, MF Koudehi, H Fasihi, J Soleymani… - Heliyon, 2024 - cell.com
In this work, an innovative ratiometric sensing platform was developed for the determination
of methotrexate (MTX), an antifolate drug, a chemotherapy agent, and an immune system …

One‐Pot Synthesis of Sustainable Fluorescent Nanomaterials via Microwave Irradiation as a Probe for the Determination of Metformin in Pure and Pharmaceutical …

MM Abou El‐Alamin, DA Mohamed, AS Farag - Luminescence, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
ABSTRACT A rapid, green and sensitive technique for the determination of metformin
determination was developed based on the direct fluorescence enhancement of carbon dots …