Artificial allomelanin nanoparticles

X Zhou, NC McCallum, Z Hu, W Cao… - ACS …, 2019 - ACS Publications
… Hence, in this paper, we describe reliable chemical synthetic routes to allomelanin as a first
… formulating uniform allomelanin nanoparticles (AMNPs). Here, we describe synthetic routes …

Hydrophobic melanin via post-synthetic modification for controlled self-assembly

X Zhou, S Su, B Vanthournout, Z Hu, FA Son, K Zhang… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
… -synthetic modifications. Amine-functionalized molecules of various kinds can be conjugated
to allomelanin nanoparticles … resulting hydrophobic allomelanin nanoparticles undergo air/…

Recent applications of melanin-like nanoparticles as antioxidant agents

A Mavridi-Printezi, A Menichetti, D Mordini, R Amorati… - Antioxidants, 2023 - mdpi.com
artificial allomelanin NP and demonstrated their radical scavenging activity [103]. Allomelanin
… as a precursor for the synthesis of artificial allomelanin NPs that were produced via the …

Allomelanin: A biopolymer of intrinsic microporosity

NC McCallum, FA Son, TD Clemons… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
… Indeed, structural analogues in synthetic systems include polymers of intrinsic … synthetic
porous materials. We show that amorphous, tunable, high-porosity allomelanin nanoparticles

Artificial melanin-like nanomaterials for biomedical application

박진원 - 2024 - s-space.snu.ac.kr
… of nanoparticles plus the LOX inhibitor did not significantly alter the anti-tumor efficacy among
nanoparticlesAllomelanin is a heterogeneous melanin synthesized through the polyketide …

Artificial Allomelanin Materials: Synthesis, Structure, and Application

X Zhou - 2022 - search.proquest.com
… a reliable synthetic method towards artificial allomelanin nanoparticles … The resulting
allomelanin nanoparticles have well-defined … We described allomelanin nanoparticles as excellent …

Nature-inspired allomelanin nanomedicine alleviates cardiac ischemia/reperfusion injury via scavenging free radicals and ameliorating myocardial microenvironment

X Mo, H Xiang, L Wei, L Xia, X Chen, Y Chen, B Zhang - Nano Today, 2022 - Elsevier
… However, to date, the therapeutic potential of allomelanin against ROS-related myocardial I/…
naturally occurring allomelanin, we fabricated the artificial allomelanin nanoparticles (AMNPs…

Insight into the Antioxidant Activity of 1, 8-Dihydroxynaphthalene Allomelanin Nanoparticles

A Mavridi-Printezi, F Mollica, R Lucernati, M Montalti… - Antioxidants, 2023 - mdpi.com
… This analysis showed that the ROO • /HOO • quenching by artificial allomelanin-like NP is
much greater than that observed previously with PDA eumelanin-like NP [12]. We explain this …

Functionalization of and through Melanin: Strategies and Bio-Applications

A Mavridi-Printezi, A Menichetti, D Mordini… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
… and can be extracted already as nanoparticles (NPs) [10,11]. … types of pigment known as
pyomelanin and allomelanin [10]. … after-synthetic modification of natural and synthetic MNPs are …

Bio-applications of multifunctional melanin nanoparticles: from nanomedicine to nanocosmetics

A Mavridi-Printezi, M Guernelli, A Menichetti, M Montalti - Nanomaterials, 2020 - mdpi.com
… nanomedicine and cosmetics nanotechnology, recently examples of applications of artificial
MNP in … Last but not least, allomelanin and pyomelanin are mainly found in plants and …