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Nanosensors for the Detection of Chemical Food Adulterants

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Nanotoxicology and Nanoecotoxicology Vol. 2

Part of the book series: Environmental Chemistry for a Sustainable World ((ECSW,volume 67))

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Food adulteration is a major problem all across the globe and needs to be handled with the highest priority. Growing awareness about food safety and quality leads to the development of tools and techniques for the detection of food adulterants. With the advent of nanotechnology, it is now possible to detect the food adulterants using nanomaterials with enhanced sensitivity and low detection limits. In this chapter, several chemical food adulterants with their worldwide adulteration incidences and hazardous effect on human life have been discussed. Further, for each adulterant, novel nanosensors are described for their detection in various food samples along with the detection limit and mode of action. It was found that several major food adulterants exist like preservatives, melamine, urea, antibiotics, synthetic food dyes, dioxins, sucrose, starch, etc. Some of them possess a hazardous effect on human health. Several kinds of nanosensors exist for their detection in a variety of food samples like beverages, fish, vegetables, namkeen, sauces, milk, and milk products. Though the area of nanosensors based detection of food adulterants is growing swiftly, it has a long way to go since there are many adulterants for which no nanosensors are available. So, further research studies are needed to develop nanosensors for common food adulterants and explore the possibility of designing the novel nanosensors that could improve the detection sensitivity and specificity of the existing ones. With a tool as powerful as nanosensors, we will be better equipped to combat future scenarios of adulteration scandals.

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Singh, N.A., Rai, N., Marwal, A. (2021). Nanosensors for the Detection of Chemical Food Adulterants. In: Kumar, V., Guleria, P., Ranjan, S., Dasgupta, N., Lichtfouse, E. (eds) Nanotoxicology and Nanoecotoxicology Vol. 2 . Environmental Chemistry for a Sustainable World, vol 67. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-69492-0_2

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