Issue 37, 2011
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Chemical Communications

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

Giorgia Greco,a   Lucia Panzella,a   Gennaro Gentile,b   Maria Emanuela Errico,b   Cosimo Carfagna,b   Alessandra Napolitano*a  and  Marco d'Ischiaa  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Naples “Federico II”, via Cinthia 4, I-80126, Naples, Italy
E-mail: alesnapo@unina.it
Fax: +39 081 674393
Tel: +39 081 674133

b National Council of Research of Italy, Institute of Chemistry and Technology of Polymer, via Campi Flegrei 34, I-80078 Pozzuoli (NA), Italy

Abstract

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.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C1CC13731J
Article type
Communication
Submitted
22 Jun 2011
Accepted
05 Aug 2011
First published
22 Aug 2011

Chem. Commun., 2011,47, 10308-10310

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

G. Greco, L. Panzella, G. Gentile, M. E. Errico, C. Carfagna, A. Napolitano and M. d'Ischia, Chem. Commun., 2011, 47, 10308 DOI: 10.1039/C1CC13731J

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