A melanin-inspired pro-oxidant system for dopa(mine) polymerization: mimicking the natural casing process

作者:Greco Giorgia; Panzella Lucia; Gentile Gennaro; Errico Maria Emanuela; Carfagna Cosimo; Napolitano Alessandra*; d'Ischia Marco
来源:Chemical communications, 2011, 47(37): 10308-10310.
DOI:10.1039/c1cc13731j

摘要

An oxygen-dependent biomimetic system for DOPA, dopamine and norepinephrine polymerization exploiting the redox properties of a 5-S-cysteinylDOPA (CD)-melanin polymer is disclosed. Kinetic, chemical and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) evidence indicates conversion of DOPA into a black insoluble polymer encapsulating the active CD-melanin core.

  • 出版日期2011