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The main degradation pathway of nitrotoluenes in the environment is reduction, frequently with biological and\/or photolytic assistance. Riboflavin has also been noted to aid in TNT remediation in soils and groundwater when exposed to light. This report indicates that adding riboflavin to a TNT or DNT solution enhances redox currents in electrochemical experiments. Here AC voltammetry was performed and peak currents compared with and without riboflavin present. Results indicated that TNT, DNT and riboflavin could be detected using AC voltammetry on modified gold electrodes and the addition of riboflavin affected redox peaks of TNT and DNT. Poised potential experiments indicated that it is possible to enhance reduction of TNT in the presence of riboflavin and light. These results were dramatic enough to explain long term enhancement of bioremediation in environments containing high levels of riboflavin and enhance the limit of detection in electrochemically-based nitrotoluene sensing.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s111110840","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2011,11,18]],"date-time":"2011-11-18T11:18:42Z","timestamp":1321615122000},"page":"10840-10850","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":4,"title":["Electrochemical Characterization of Riboflavin-Enhanced Reduction of Trinitrotoluene"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"11","author":[{"given":"James J.","family":"Sumner","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"United States Army Research Laboratory, RDRL-SEE-O, 2800 Powder Mill Road, Adelphi, MD 20873, USA"}]},{"given":"Kevin","family":"Chu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"United States Army Research Laboratory, RDRL-SEE-O, 2800 Powder Mill Road, Adelphi, MD 20873, USA"},{"name":"Department of Biomedical Engineering, Washington University, Saint Louis, MO 63130, USA"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2011,11,18]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"2700","DOI":"10.3390\/s110302700","article-title":"A nanosensor for TNT detection based on molecularly imprinted polymers and surface enhanced raman scattering","volume":"11","author":"Holtoff","year":"2011","journal-title":"Sensors"},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"286","DOI":"10.3390\/ijerph2005020012","article-title":"Dietary exposure of flathead minnows to the explosives TNT and RDX and to the pesticide DDT using contaminated invertebrates","volume":"2","author":"Houston","year":"2005","journal-title":"Int. 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