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Main Authors: Ondieki, Annah M., Birech, Zephania, Kaduki, Kenneth A., Mwangi, Peter W., Juma, Moses, Chege, Boniface M.
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Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.16413
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author Ondieki, Annah M.
Birech, Zephania
Kaduki, Kenneth A.
Mwangi, Peter W.
Juma, Moses
Chege, Boniface M.
author_facet Ondieki, Annah M.
Birech, Zephania
Kaduki, Kenneth A.
Mwangi, Peter W.
Juma, Moses
Chege, Boniface M.
contents This work explores the use of Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS) combined with artificial neural network (ANN) models to detect and quantify growth hormone (GH) and testosterone (TE) in the blood of Sprague Dawley (SD) rats. SERS spectra were recorded from blood samples of SD rats injected with GH, TE, both hormones, and non-injected controls using 785 nm laser excitation. The samples were mixed with silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) synthesized in distilled water, applied onto a microscope slide, and air-dried. The resulting SERS spectra displayed similar profiles with intensity variations depending on the hormone, revealing specific bands at 658, 798, 878, 914, 932, 1064, 1190, 1354, 1410, and 1658 cm-1. PCA analysis indicated time-dependent intensity changes in bands centered around 1378 (all groups), 658 and 1614 cm-1 (GH-injected rats), and others for different hormone combinations. These variations reflect subtle biochemical changes induced by hormone injections. The ANN models, trained with six PCA scores of blood spiked with various hormone concentrations, showed high accuracy, with coefficients of determination greater than 87.71% and low root mean square error (RMSE) values below 0.6436. The hormone levels in injected rats increased initially and later declined, a trend confirmed by ELISA kits. Although ELISA and SERS produced similar results, SERS offered advantages such as rapid analysis (about two minutes), simple sample preparation, small sample volumes, and non-specificity to hormones. This suggests that SERS, combined with ANN models, could be used to detect exogenous sports dopants. These findings expand the potential applications of SERS in sports science, clinical diagnostics, and biomedical research.
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spellingShingle Chemometrics-aided Surface-enhanced Raman spectrometric detection and quantification of GH and TE hormones in blood
Ondieki, Annah M.
Birech, Zephania
Kaduki, Kenneth A.
Mwangi, Peter W.
Juma, Moses
Chege, Boniface M.
Medical Physics
Optics
This work explores the use of Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS) combined with artificial neural network (ANN) models to detect and quantify growth hormone (GH) and testosterone (TE) in the blood of Sprague Dawley (SD) rats. SERS spectra were recorded from blood samples of SD rats injected with GH, TE, both hormones, and non-injected controls using 785 nm laser excitation. The samples were mixed with silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) synthesized in distilled water, applied onto a microscope slide, and air-dried. The resulting SERS spectra displayed similar profiles with intensity variations depending on the hormone, revealing specific bands at 658, 798, 878, 914, 932, 1064, 1190, 1354, 1410, and 1658 cm-1. PCA analysis indicated time-dependent intensity changes in bands centered around 1378 (all groups), 658 and 1614 cm-1 (GH-injected rats), and others for different hormone combinations. These variations reflect subtle biochemical changes induced by hormone injections. The ANN models, trained with six PCA scores of blood spiked with various hormone concentrations, showed high accuracy, with coefficients of determination greater than 87.71% and low root mean square error (RMSE) values below 0.6436. The hormone levels in injected rats increased initially and later declined, a trend confirmed by ELISA kits. Although ELISA and SERS produced similar results, SERS offered advantages such as rapid analysis (about two minutes), simple sample preparation, small sample volumes, and non-specificity to hormones. This suggests that SERS, combined with ANN models, could be used to detect exogenous sports dopants. These findings expand the potential applications of SERS in sports science, clinical diagnostics, and biomedical research.
title Chemometrics-aided Surface-enhanced Raman spectrometric detection and quantification of GH and TE hormones in blood
topic Medical Physics
Optics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.16413