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Magnetic Properties of Melanin Doped with Copper Oxide Nanoparticles
Engineering ProceedingsIn this study, the analysis of XRD patterns reveals that both natural melanin and copper oxide-doped melanin exhibit amorphous structures. The absence of new peaks for Cu2O confirms that the copper oxide nanoparticles are effectively integrated into the ...
Nawal Madkhali
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Microbial Cell FactoriesOwing to the growing need for natural materials in different fields, studying melanin production from biological sources is imperative. In the current study, the extracellular melanin pigment was produced by the fungus Curvularia soli AS21 ON076460.
Amira S. Abd-EL-Aziz +3 more
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Bacterial melanin promotes recovery after sciatic nerve injury in rats
Neural Regeneration Research, 2015 Bacterial melanin, obtained from the mutant strain of Bacillus Thuringiensis, has been shown to promote recovery after central nervous system injury. It is hypothesized, in this study, that bacterial melanin can promote structural and functional recovery
Olga V Gevorkyan +3 more
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How habitable are M-dwarf Exoplanets? Modeling surface conditions and exploring the role of melanins in the survival of Aspergillus niger spores under exoplanet-like radiation [PDF]
Exoplanet habitability remains a challenging field due to the large distances separating Earth from other stars. Using insights from biology and astrophysics, we studied the habitability of M-dwarf exoplanets by modeling their surface temperature and flare UV and X-ray doses using the Martian atmosphere as a shielding model.
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Remembering Keisuke Fujita, MD, PhD, President and Founder of Fujita Health University
Fujita Medical Journal, 2022 Shosuke Ito
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The peculiarities of dynamic current-voltage and charge-voltage loops and transient currents of melanin under pulse hydration [PDF]
arXiv, 2019 Melanin is a biopolymer with unique set of applicable physical and chemical properties. The impact of a moisture-saturated air pulse (~1 s) on dynamic current-voltage (I-V-), charge-voltage (Q-V-) and transient (I-t-) characteristics of fungal melanin thin layers was investigated.
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Solubilized melanin suppresses macrophage function
FEBS Open Bio, 2019 Melanin‐producing Cryptococcus and Aspergillus are highly invasive and can suppress or escape the immune system of the host. Since non‐melanin‐producing strains do not affect the immune system, melanin may play a role in immune system suppression ...
Katsuya Tajima +4 more
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Melanin particles isolated from the fungus Fonsecaea pedrosoi activates the human complement system
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2018 BACKGROUND Melanin production has been associated with virulence in various pathogenic fungi, including Fonsecaea pedrosoi, the major etiological agent for chromoblastomycosis, a subcutaneous fungal disease that occurs in South America.
Lysianne Pinto +7 more
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PLoS ONE, 2007 BackgroundMelanin pigments are ubiquitous in nature. Melanized microorganisms are often the dominating species in certain extreme environments, such as soils contaminated with radionuclides, suggesting that the presence of melanin is beneficial in their ...
Ekaterina Dadachova +7 more
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Frontiers in MicrobiologyFomes fomentarius and Daedaleopsis tricolor produced significant amounts of water-insoluble melanins, and our previous study successfully enhanced their water solubility by arginine modification.
Tu N. Le +5 more
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