Spectroscopic studies of chemically modified synthetic melanins |
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Authors: | Tadeusz Wilczok Barbara Bilińska Ewa Buszman Małgorzata Kopera |
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Affiliation: | Institute of Medical Chemistry and Physics, Silesian Medical Academy, Jagiellońska 4, 41-200 Sosnowiec, Poland |
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Abstract: | The infrared and electron spin resonance spectra of synthetic 3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine (DOPA) and tyrosine melanins and chemically modified melanin samples were determined, and it was shown that unmodified and reduced DOPA melanins exhibited similar ir spectra. Oxidized DOPA melanins showed a higher number of carboxy groups in the sample. A significant increase of free radical content in reduced DOPA melanin and a decrease of free radical content in oxidized DOPA melanin in comparison to unmodified samples were demonstrated by the use of ESR methodology. Methylation of tyrosine melanin with an excess of diazomethane gave very rich ir spectra as compared to melanins methylated with methanol saturated by gaseous HCl. In tyrosine melanin samples the esterification of carboxy groups with methanol caused a decrease in the free radical content. When diazomethane was used, the methylated melanin samples had free radical levels reduced to only about 4% of the total observed for unmodified tyrosine melanin. |
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