Development of a portable, high throughput biosensor system for rapid plant virus detection.

Biosensors based on living cells are characterized by high sensitivity, selectivity and rapid response times. A novel portable cell biosensor system for the detection of plant viruses, based on immobilized 'Vero' cells carrying on their membrane virus specific antibodies was developed and was designated as High Throughput Bioelectric Recognition Assay (BERA-HTP). BERA-HTP was tested for the detection of purified Potato virus Y (PVY), Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) and Tobacco rattle virus (TRV) and of CMV and TRV in single, as well as in mixed infections in two different plant host species.

Evaluation of the antioxidants activities of four Slovene medicinal plant species by traditional and novel biosensory assays.

We investigated the antioxidant activity of methanolic and water extracts of Slovene accessions of four medicinal plant species (Salvia officinalis, Achillea millefolium, Origanum vulgare subsp. vulgare and Gentiana lutea). Their free radical-scavenging activity against the DPPH.