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A coumarin-based fluorescent probe as a central nervous system disease biomarker.

Sensors (Basel) · 2014-11-10

DOI: 10.3390/s141121140PMID: 25390405

Open accessResearch Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; research-article; Evaluation Study; Journal ArticleOriginal source ↗

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Homocysteine and methylmalonic acid are important biomarkers for diseases associated with an impaired central nervous system (CNS). A new chemoassay utilizing coumarin-based fluorescent probe 1 to detect the levels of homocysteine is successfully implemented using Parkinson's disease (PD) patients' blood serum. In addition, a rapid identification of homocysteine and methylmalonic acid levels in blood serum of PD patients was also performed using the liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS). The results obtained from both analyses were in agreement. The new chemoassay utilizing coumarin-based fluorescent probe 1 offers a cost- and time-effective method to identify the biomarkers in CNS patients.

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