Development of a volatile amine sensor for the monitoring of fish spoilage

Alexis Pacquit; King Tong Lau; Henry McLaughlin; June Frisby; Brid Quilty; Dermot Diamond

doi:10.1016/j.talanta.2005.10.046

Development of a volatile amine sensor for the monitoring of fish spoilage

Alexis Pacquit, King Tong Lau, Henry McLaughlin, June Frisby, Brid Quilty, Dermot Diamond^*

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Dublin City University

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Abstract

A sensor with potential for the development of a "chemical barcode" for real-time monitoring of fish freshness is described. This on-package sensor contains a pH sensitive dye, bromocresol green, that responds through visible colour change to basic volatile spoilage compounds, such as trimethylamine (TMA), ammonia (NH₃) and dimethylamine (DMA) collectively known as Total Volatile Basic Nitrogen (TVB-N). The sensor characteristics were studied as well as its response with standard ammonia gas. Trials on cod and under-utilised species have verified that the sensor response correlates with bacterial growth patterns in fish samples thus enabling the "real-time" monitoring of spoilage in various fish species. The sensor response can be interrogated with a simple, inexpensive reflectance colorimeter that we have developed based on two light emitting diodes (LEDs) and a photodetector.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	515-520
Number of pages	6
Journal	Talanta
Volume	69
Issue number	2 SPEC. ISS.
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.talanta.2005.10.046
Publication status	Published - 15 Apr 2006
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Chemical bar-coding
Chromoreactive dyes
Fish freshness monitoring
Smart packaging
TVB-N
Volatile amines

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