Electrocatalytic oxidation of guanine and DNA on a carbon paste electrode modified by cobalt hexacyanoferrate films.

The electrochemical behavior of cobalt hexacyanoferrate complex adsorbed on a carbon paste electrode (CPE) and its application to the electrocatalytic oxidation of guanine and single-strand DNA (ss-DNA) in aqueous solution are investigated in this report. The modification of CPE by the adsorption of this complex results in excellent amplification of the guanine oxidation response of ss-DNA. The effects of paste composition, scan rate, DNA, and guanine concentration were studied. The detection limits of 52 and 920 ng mL(-)(1) were obtained for guanine and ss-DNA, respectively.