A novel detection method for neohesperidin dihydrochalcone (NHDC) based on ZIF-8/ErGO composite modified electrode in milk

Neohesperidin dihydrochalcone (NHDC), as a high-intensity sweetener, has been widely used to be a new food additive . In this study, zeolitic imidazolate framework (ZIF)− 8/electrochemical reduced graphene oxide (ErGO) composite materials were favorably constructed onto the glassy carbon electrode (GCE) by two simple steps without any dispersant , and an electrochemical sensing of NHDC was developed. The morphology and its structure of the composite materials were characterized by SEM and Raman. The two-electron two-step redox mechanism was investigated by cyclic voltammetry (CV). The first anodic peak current of NHDC at ZIF-8/ErGO electrode is about 3.8 times as much as that of ErGO GCE and 42 times of ZIF-8 GCE under the optimized conditions. The linear relationship between oxidation peak current of NHDC and its concentration is ranged from 0.08 to 80 μM by linear sweep voltammetry (LSV), with the detection limit of 31.5 nM (based on S/N = 3). Finally, the modified electrode was used to detect NHDC in milk samples with a recovery rate of 98.3∼106.3%, which implied its feasibility for the determination of NHDC in actual samples.