Voltammetric behavior of Mammeisin (MA) at a glassy carbon electrode and its interaction with Bovine Serum Albumin (BSA)

The electrochemical oxidation of Mammeisin (MA) was studied in a solution containing acetone and 0.1 M phosphate buffer + 0.1 M KCl (pH = 5.3) at a glassy carbon electrode (GCE), using cyclic (CV) and square wave voltammetry (SWV). MA showed a quasi-reversible process, which is pH dependent and that involves the exchange of two electrons and two protons. The oxidation product was adsorbed by the electrode surface to form a film that blocks active sites over repetitive cyclic. Moreover, the interaction of MA and bovine serum albumin (BSA) was studied by CV and SWV at different pHs (5.4, 7.2, 9.5). As a result of the affinity binding with BSA, electrochemically inactive complex was formed. In addition, the oxidation potential of MA in the presence of BSA depends on the pH. The diffusion coefficients of both free and bound MA were estimated from the cyclic voltammetry data using the method developed by Randles-Sevich (Df = 9.85 × 10− 5 cm2 s− 1 and Db = 1.27 × 10− 9 cm2 s− 1) and the binding constant of MA-BSA complex, K = 3.47 × 102 L mol− 1, was obtained.