PickMol™ technology in glyphosate detection in water

Nov 27, 2025

Address a global problem:

Glyphosate is an active ingredient in the herbicide, Roundup

Toxicity of glyphosate:

Anthony SAMSEL and Stephanie SENEFF
Glyphosate, pathways to modern diseases II: Celiac sprue and gluten intolerance, Interdisciplinary Toxicology6(4), 2013. 159-184. https://doi.org/10.2478/intox-2013-0026

Patent No. PCT/SK/0580012 (pending):

Method for selective and sensitive detection of glyphosate using plasmon-enhanced Raman spectroscopy, its use and kit

The proposed method for the detection of glyphosate demonstrates high specificity/selectivity and reproducibility

Methodology

If you are interested, please read more here:

Francisca B. Fuenzalida, Paulína Slepčíková, Mária Repovská, Annamária Jutková, Maria Vega Cañamares, Pavol Miškovský, Zuzana Jurašeková, Santiago Sanchez-Cortes,
Selective and ultrasensitive detection of the herbicide glyphosate by means of plasmon catalysis on Ag nanoparticles,
Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy,
Volume 323, 2024, 124845, ISSN 1386-1425,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.saa.2024.124845

Validation

Our methodology was validated in the following locations using our portable PickMol™ Ramascope:

Spain: Alicante region

Moldova: Control of Water Quality in Moldova