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Table 2 Nanozymes and their applications
Nanozyme
Enzyme mimicked
Activities/Applications
References
Carbon nanomaterials
Peroxidase
Hydrogen peroxide
degradation/ colorimetric and
UV–Vis absorption detection
of hydrogen peroxide
Zeng et al.
(2017)
Single-wall carbon
nanotubes (SWNT)
Peroxidase
Neuroprotective effects against
β-amyloid (Aβ)
fibrillation-induced
neurotoxicity in SH-SY5Y
human neuroblastoma cells
Shin et al.
(2017)
Cobalt-doped
magnetite/graphene
nanocomposites
(Co-MGNCs)
Peroxidase
Dopamine detection in human
serum samples
Hosseini
et al. (2017)
Graphene dots
Peroxidase
H 2 O 2 , reduced glutathione
(GSH) and glucose detection
Zheng et al.
(2013)
Hemin/reduced
graphene oxide
(hemin/rGO)
nanocomposite
Peroxidase
Catalytic oxidation of
indole-3-acetic acid (IAA)
Liu et al.
(2016)
AgNPs, bimetallic
nanoparticles
(Ag–Au/Au–Ag) and
AgNPs-decorated
Prussian blue
nanocomposite
(PB–AgNP)
Peroxidase
Bioanalytical applications
Pandey et al.
(2015)
AuNPs-decorated
nanodiamonds
Peroxidase
Catalytic oxidation of
o-phenylenediamine
Kim et al.
(2016)
Copper nanomaterials
Peroxidase
Analysis of blood glucose
concentration
Fang et al.
(2018)
Copper nanoparticles
(CuNPs)
Peroxidase
Oxidation of
3,3 ,5,5 -tetramethylbenzidine
(TMB), colorimetric detection
of glucose
Wang et al.
(2015)
Ionic liquid-coated
nanoparticles (IL-NPs)
Peroxidase
Colorimetric assay for
hydrogen peroxide
Zarif et al.
(2018)
Pd/Fe 3 O 4 -PEI-RGO
nanohybrid
Peroxidase
Colorimetric detection of
H 2 O 2 in solution
Li et al.
(2016a; b)
Platinum nanoclusters
(PtNCs)
Peroxidase
Colorimetric detection of
glucose
Jin et al.
(2017)
Glutathione-capped
platinum nanoparticles
(GSH-capped PtNPs)
Peroxidase
Colorimetric detection of Hg 2+
in both drinking water and
biological fluid
Li et al.
(2015)
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