Singlet Oxygen Detection: A Review of Recent Advances

Lyubov Eratova orcid
Orel State University, Russian Federation

Elena Zharkikh orcid
Orel State University, Russian Federation

Edik Rafailov orcid
Aston University, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Viktor Dremin orcid (Login required)
Orel State University, Russian Federation
Aston University, Birmingham, United Kingdom




DOI: 10.18287/JBPE25.11.020201

Abstract

As part of the search for and development of an optimal solution related to singlet oxygen (1O2) detection, an analytical review of research in this direction was carried out. 1O2 is one of the key participants in many biological processes, so its detection and numerical estimation are the subject of a close study by many research groups. To date, several approaches to the optical detection of 1O2 have been proposed, in most cases based on the registration of 1O2 luminescence in the near-infrared range of the spectrum. The review also presents various fluorescence probes, chemical traps and several other tools that are also used for 1O2 detection.

Keywords

singlet oxygen; luminescence detection; probes; chemical traps; electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy (EPR); quantitative PCR (qPCR)

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