This study demonstrates that cysteamine-modified gold nanoparticles could be used as a rapid and efficient tool for gentamicin detection. This technique is cheaper, simpler, and more effective than many other methods that are currently used for detecting the antibiotic in industrial and commercial applications. It has a great potential to be practically applied as a rapid screening method for gentamicin and gentamicin-like compounds in food and environmental samples.
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