Review—Electrochemical Sensors for Determination of the Endocrine Disruptor, Bisphenol A

Bisphenol A is an organic compound, belonging to the group of diphenylmethane derivates and is worldwide used in the fabrication of plastic and some resins. It leaches from plastic products and affects the environment and mostly the human body. BPA is known to be a xenoestrogen that mimics the role of hormones in the human body and disturbs the endocrine and reproductive systems. High doses are correlated with many disorders of the reproductive system. Being an electro-active molecule, it was intensively studied using electrochemical sensors with applications in food industry, environmental field and biomedical field. This review covers a big number of papers that had studied the electro oxidation of BPA from real samples using different types of electrochemical sensors.