Electrochemical Determination of Rutin on a Gold Microsphere—Taro Stalk Porous Carbon Modified Carbon Ionic Liquid Electrode (CILE).

As an abundant, inexpensive, and renewable biomass raw material, taro [Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott] stalks were employed as a simple biochar template due to their porous structure. A composite composed of gold microsphere and taro stalk derived porous carbon (Au-MS@TSPC) was used to construct an electrochemical sensor for the sensitive determination of rutin. Under the optimized conditions, the sensor exhibited a wide linear range from 0.12 to 10.0 μmol·L−1 with a detection limit of 0.0265 μmol·L−1. The sensor demonstrated good selectivity and was applied to the determination of rutin in human serum with recoveries from 94.0% to 105.8%. The fabrication of Au-MS@TSPC in this study provides a promising approach for the subsequent utilization of taro stalks. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]