The invention relates to a
potassium ion concentration detection method. According to the method, characteristics comprising that
potassium ion regulation allows G-quadruplex
DNA structure transformation to be formed and
cyanine dye supermolecular aggregates identify the G-quadruplex
DNA structure transformation are utilized, a sample to be detected is added to a
mixed solution of G-quadruplex
DNA and the
cyanine dye, the
absorbance value at 560-590nm, 500-540nm or 610-670nm or the
fluorescence intensity value at 580-640nm is determined, and the corresponding
potassium ion concentration value can be obtained through finding the value corresponding to the
absorbance value or the
fluorescence intensity value on a
standard curve. The method has a high specificity, so the method is not affected by
sodium ions in the sample; and
reagent components is simple, and the reaction process is simple, so errors generated by operations can be effectively reduced, and the test accuracy is high. The method can be rapidly realized through a common
ultraviolet-visible absorption
detector, a spectrophotometer or a fluorescent
spectrometer without special or extra instruments, so the detection cost is low, thereby the popularization and the application of the method in industries are convenient.