A chemiluminescence sensor array for discrimination of seven toxicants

A chemiluminescence (CL) sensor array was developed based on 11 CL systems cross-combined by three luminescence reagents and four oxidants. Using the CL sensor array, we measured seven toxicants, including morphine, ketamine, diazepam, chlorpromazine, strychnine, paraquat, and fenpropathrin, which represent psychotropic drugs, sedatives and hypnotics, rodenticides, herbicides, and insecticides, respectively. The CL response pattern or ‘fingerprints’ were obtained for a given compound on the sensor array and then discriminated through principal component analysis. The established sensor array has been applied to real-life samples and the results showed that it possesses excellent discrimination.