User-friendly lab-on-paper optical sensor for the rapid detection of bacterial spoilage in packaged meat products
Ahmed S. Abo Dena, Shaimaa A. Khalid, Ahmed F. Ghanem, Ahmed Ibrahim Shehata, Ibrahim M. El‐Sherbiny
Abstract
) in case of bromothymol blue and bromocresol purple, respectively. The Android application uses standard images to plot a calibration curve for calculating the microbial count in the samples and relates it to the standard limits. Thereafter, the application shows a message with the product's freshness degree ranging from excellent to poor.
Topics & Concepts
Bromothymol blueMeat spoilageBromocresol purpleFood spoilageFood scienceBromocresol greenChemistryChromatographyBacteriaBiologyGeneticsAdvanced Chemical Sensor TechnologiesBiosensors and Analytical DetectionIdentification and Quantification in Food