Veterinary drugs which are primarily meant for livestock treatment have now been categorised under potential food contaminant due to its unregulated usage and abuse. Their over usage by animal workers lead to production of contaminated animal-based food products which contain veterinary drug residues. These drugs are also misused as growth promoters to enhance the muscle to fat ratio in human body. This review highlights the misuse of such a veterinary drug; Clenbuterol. In this review, we have comprehensively discussed the usage of nanosensors to detect clenbuterol in food samples. Colorimetric, fluorescent, electrochemical, SERS and electrochemiluminescence are major categories of nanosensors that have been utilized for this purpose. The mechanism through which these nanosensors detect clenbuterol have been discussed in detail. The limit of detection and recovery percentage values of each nanosensor have been compared. This review will impart significant information on various nanosensors for clenbuterol detection in real samples.

主要用于牲畜治疗的兽药由于其使用和滥用不受监管，现已被归类为潜在食品污染物。动物工人的过度使用导致生产出含有兽药残留的受污染的动物性食品。这些药物也被滥用作为生长促进剂，以提高人体的肌肉与脂肪的比例。这篇评论强调了这种兽药的滥用；瘦肉精。在这篇综述中，我们全面讨论了纳米传感器在检测食品样品中克伦特罗的用途。比色、荧光、电化学、SERS 和电化学发光是用于此目的的纳米传感器的主要类别。这些纳米传感器检测克仑特罗的机制已被详细讨论。比较了每个纳米传感器的检测限和回收百分比值。本综述将提供有关实际样品中克伦特罗检测的各种纳米传感器的重要信息。