The invention relates to application of a water-soluble 
quantum dot-mesoporous 
nickel graphite working electrode in detection of trace 
amino acid in food. The invention provides the water-soluble 
quantum dot-mesoporous 
nickel graphite working electrode with low 
reagent consumption, high detection speed and high sensitivity and for detecting trace 
amino acid in food and application of the 
electrode in detection of the trace 
amino acid in the food. The water-soluble 
quantum dot-mesoporous 
nickel graphite working electrode is prepared by adopting the following steps of: mixing 
semiconductor, 
sodium salt or 
potassium salt, 
cadmium salt or 
oxide of 
cadmium, water-soluble stabilizing agent and water uniformly to prepare water-soluble quantum dots; modifying proper 
chemical groups on the surfaceof mesoporous nickel; combining the mesoporous nickel and the water-soluble quantum dots; and mixing the combination of the quantum dots and the mesoporous nickel, graphite and paraffin uniformly, then putting the mixture into a 
glass tube, and putting the prepared water-soluble 
quantum dot-mesoporous nickel graphite working 
electrode into a refrigerator for storage. The prepared water-soluble 
quantum dot-mesoporous nickel graphite working 
electrode for detecting the trace amino acid in the food is used as a working electrode of a flow injection electrochemical luminous instrument, a proper counter electrode and a proper 
reference electrode are selected, 
buffer solution is added into a 
detector, and then the amino acid in a 
food sample is detected. The 
detector has higher selectivity and sensitivity and low 
reagent consumption, and can be reused.