Study of the Effect of Gamma Rays on the Melanin Physical Properties and Its Release from Liposomes

SA Abd El-Azeem, AM Alajmi - Arabian Journal for Science and …, 2024 - Springer
Melanin reduces the clastogenic effects of ionizing radiation in human and mouse somatic
cells and changes … an increase in melanin aggregates in the media to protect the system from …

Functions of fungal melanin beyond virulence

RJB Cordero, A Casadevall - Fungal Biology Reviews, 2017 - Elsevier
… by toxic metals and ionizing radiation. A remarkable property of melanin is its capacity to …
resulted in (i) an enhanced metabolic activity by 1.4 fold increase in the NADPH levels, and (…

Radical-enriched artificial melanin

W Cao, AJ Mantanona, H Mao, NC McCallum… - Chemistry of …, 2020 - ACS Publications
… is the presence of stable persistent radicals, which has been reported to relate to ionizing
radiation protection, including X-rays and gamma rays. In this work, we aimed to increase the …

Understanding the way eumelanin works: A unique example of properties and skills driven by molecular heterogeneity

ML Terranova, E Tamburri - Polymer, 2021 - Elsevier
electrical features of the pigment highlighted how in … indicated radiations-induced modifications
of the melanin electronic … these changes/modifications, when ionizing radiations interact …

Melanin nanoparticles: antioxidant activities and effects on γ-ray-induced DNA damage in the mouse

MM Rageh, RH El-Gebaly - Mutation Research/Genetic Toxicology and …, 2018 - Elsevier
… Exposure to 7 Gy ionizing radiation induces ROS, also seen as an increase in oxidized lipids
(… The increase of MDA and decrease of SOD levels are concomitant with induction of DNA …

Unraveling the structure and function of melanin through synthesis

W Cao, X Zhou, NC McCallum, Z Hu… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
… in photoprotection and ionizing radiation protection, as these are … abundance, which increases
the experimental acquisition … the optical and electronic properties of melanin across many …

Possible nature of the radiation-induced signal in nails: high-field EPR, confirming chemical synthesis, and quantum chemical calculations

DS Tipikin, SG Swarts, JW Sidabras… - Radiation Protection …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
… to ionizing radiation generates an Electron Paramagnetic … formed on trace amounts of
melanin in nails are the basis for … Therefore, to use the recovered (regenerated) RIS2 to increase

[HTML][HTML] Interaction of melanin with metal ions modulates their cytotoxic potential

T Sarna, HM Swartz, A Zadlo - Applied Magnetic Resonance, 2022 - Springer
increase EPR signal of DOPA–melanin even 40 times, at the selected concentration (0.09
mM), zinc increases … copper and iron ions markedly reduce the EPR signal of melanin radicals. …

The effect of protracted X‐ray exposure on cell survival and metabolic activity of fast and slow growing fungi capable of melanogenesis

C Pacelli, RA Bryan, S Onofri… - Environmental …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
ionizing radiation, given the ubiquitous background radiation … % and 15% of increase for the
highest irradiation dose in CN … properties of fungal melanin during acute radiation exposure, …

[图书][B] The Electrical Properties of Melanin: A Non-Toxic Photocatalyst for Energy Storage and Conversion as an Additive in a Sodium Phosphate Aqueous …

T Zeitoune - 2020 - search.proquest.com
… Microbial melanin was shown to enhance the sequestration of uranium by goethite and illite
… a lethal dose of ionizing radiation. Of the controls group in the experiment, which was given …