Design of a microfluidic paper-based device for the quantification of phenolic compounds in wine samples

In this work, the design and development of a microfluidic paper-based device (μPAD) for the quantification of total phenolic compounds (TPC) in wines is described. The developed μPAD was based upon the vertical flow concept and the colour reaction used was the known Folin-Ciocalteu reaction using gallic acid as reference phenolic compound. After studying operational parameters, namely type of paper, reagents and sample volume, a dynamic range of 5–50 mg L−1 was obtained with a limit of detection of 1.2 mg L−1. The described device proved to have good precision (relative standard deviation