Levent, AbdulkadirAltun, AhmetYardim, YavuzSenturk, Zuhre2025-05-102025-05-1020140013-46861873-385910.1016/j.electacta.2013.10.0242-s2.0-84899429295https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2013.10.024https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14720/16449Yardim, Yavuz/0000-0002-9587-096X; Senturk, Zuhre/0000-0002-0356-9345; Levent, Abdulkadir/0000-0001-5792-419XIn this work, the electrochemical investigation of testosterone, a steroid hormone from the androgen group, was carried out in aqueous and aqueous/surfactant solutions using a glassy carbon (GC) electrode. In cyclic voltammetry, the compound showed one irreversible and adsorption-controlled reduction peak. Addition of cationic surfactant (cetyltrimethylammonium bromide, CTAB) was found to enhance the reduction current signal of testosterone, whereas, anionic (sodium dodecylsulfate, SDS) and non-ionic (Tween 80) surfactants exhibited opposite effect. Using square-wave adsorptive stripping voltammetry, the current showed a linear dependence with concentration in the range between 10 and 70 nM in Britton-Robinson buffer, pH 5.0 containing 3 mM CTAB. A detection limit of 1.18 nM (0.34 ng mL(-1)), and relative standard deviation of 4.12% for a concentration level of 35 nM (n = 11) were calculated. This method was successfully applied for the analysis of testosterone in oil-based pharmaceutical preparations and urine samples without any separation. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessTestosteroneGlassy Carbon ElectrodeCetyltrimethylammonium BromideSquare-Wave Adsorptive Stripping VoltammetryConference Object128Q2Q15460WOS:000336187600009