Captopril is an edible drug that plays an essential role in the treatment of heart attack, heart malfunction and high blood pressure and persistent consumption of this drug results in side effects.
According to Iran Nanotechnology Council (INIC), Iranian researchers presented an accurate and simple method to measure this drug with high sensitivity. Sensors produced in this method are cheaper than the similar samples while they have higher sensitivity. In addition, the production of these sensors does not pollute the environment.
According to the researchers, the aim of the study was to design and produce an electrode made of gold with nanoporous structure, which is doped with two noble metals of ruthenium and palladium. The simultaneous effect of these metals increases the catalytic activity, which consequently results in the better performance of the sensor to detect and measure captopril.
