RT Journal Article T1 Optical Chemical Biosensors for High Throughput Screening of Drugs A1 Espinosa Bosh, Maria A1 Ruiz-Sánchez, Antonio Jesús A1 Sánchez-Rojas, María Fuensanta A1 Bosch-Ojeda, Catalina K1 Biosensores AB Optical biosensors have been commercially available since the early 1990s, and have been used extensively inmany areas of research in the life sciences. Optical biosensors developed for drug analysis generally exploit the high selectivityof the antigen-antibody and drug-protein interaction. Optical biosensors can be made based on optical diffractionor electro-chemiluminescence. High throughput screening, (HTS) which includes automated preparation of a large numberof samples and then screening of their properties in multi-well plates, improves the efficiency of research in many scientificareas, e.g., catalyst screening, food processing, chemical synthesis, drug discovery, absorption, distribution, metabolism,and excretion and toxicological and cell based screening. The three most common detection techniques used inHTS are UV–VIS absorbance, fluorescence and luminescence. In this review, we summarize some recent trends and developmentsin the construction of optical chemical biosensors used in high throughput screening of drugs. Also, we haveincluded environmental, biological and other medical applications of biosensors PB Bentham Science Publishers Ltd. YR 2007 FD 2007 LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/36964 UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/36964 LA spa NO ME Bosch, AJR Sánchez, FS Rojas, CB Ojeda, Optical chemical biosensors for high-throughput screening of drugs. Comb Chem High Throughput Screen 10, 413–432 (2007) DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga RD 20 ene 2026