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6.5.4. Applications
There are many potential applications of biosensor s of various types. The main requirements for a biosensor approach to be valuable in terms of research and commercial applications are the identification of a target molecule, availability of a suitable biological recognition element, and the potential for disposable portable detection systems to be preferred to sensitive laboratory-based techniques in some situations. Some examples are given below:
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Glucose monitoring in diabetes patients
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Environmental applications (the detection of pesticides and river water contaminants)
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Detection of pathogens
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Determining levels of toxic substances before and after bioremediation
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Detection and determining of organophosphate
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Routine analytical measurement of folic acid , biotin , vitamin B12 and pantothenic acid as an alternative to microbiological assay
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Determination of drug residues in food, such as antibiotics and growth promoters , particularly meat and honey.
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Drug discovery and evaluation of biological activity of new compounds.
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Detection of toxic metabolites such as mycotoxins.
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