Table 2 Electrochemical biosensors for tau protein detection.

From: Application of Pt@ZIF-8 nanocomposite-based electrochemical biosensor for sensitive diagnosis of tau protein in Alzheimer’s disease patients

Technique

Sensing platform

Sample

Linear range

LOD

Refs.

EIS

Ab/Protein G/3,3'-dithiobis(sulfosuccinimidyl propionate) (DTSSP)/Gold Electrode

BSA & Human serum

0.01 pM to 10 nM

0.03 pM

63

DPV

Aptamer-Au-CS bioconjugate /BSA/Ab/MPA/Gold Electrode

Human serum

0.5 pM to 100 pM

0.42 pM

64

EIS

3-aminophenol MIP/C-SPE

PBS

2.18 pM to 2.18 nM

0.024 pM

65

EIS

n-butylamine/Ab/lipoic acid/Au Electrode

PBS

100 μg/mL

66

DPV

carbon nanocomposite film composed of MWCNTs, rGO, and CS/Gold Electrode

Human serum

0.5–80 fM

0.46 fM

67

DPV

Apt/AuNPs/Paper-based vertical graphene electrode (VGE)

Blood

0.1 pg/mL to 1 ng/mL

0.034 pg/mL

68

SWV, CV

Ab/MWCNTs-PAH/Pt/C-SPE

Serum

8.6–1100 pg/mL

0.24 pg/mL

69

Amperometric

HRP-DAb/tau/capture antibody/AuNPs-PAMAM/C-SPE

Undiluted human plasma and brain tissue extracts

11–800 pg mL

1.7 pg mL–1

70

SWV

Ab/rGO/GCE

Serum

0.08 pM-80 pM

75 fM

71

DPV

/carboxyl graphene/thionin/gold NPs/GCE

Serum

1.0 pM to 100 pM

0.70 pM

72

EIS

Ab/Flower-shaped TiO2/Gold Electrode

Serum

1–200 ng/mL

1.774 pg/mL

73

DPV, EIS

BSA/Ab/Pt@ZIF-8/GCE

Serum

1 fg mL−1 to 10 ng mL−1

1 fg mL−1

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