Binding of iron to neuromelanin of human substantia nigra and synthetic melanin: An electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy study

Free Radical Biology and Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 110-119

  Shima, Toshihide ^a   Sarna, Tadeusz ^b   Swartz, Harold M ^a   Stroppolo, Antonella ^c   Gerbasi, Rosalba ^d   Zecca, Luigi ^c,d  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^c INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES   (Italy)

^d CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

EPR; Free radicals; Iron; Melanin; Neuromelanin; Parkinson's disease; Substantia nigra; TXRF

Indexed keywords

FERRIC ION; IRON BINDING PROTEIN; MELANIN; NEUROMELANIN;

ARTICLE; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IRON METABOLISM; LOW TEMPERATURE PROCEDURES; MICROWAVE RADIATION; MOLECULAR MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DOPAMINE; EDETIC ACID; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; FREE RADICALS; HUMANS; IRON; MELANINS; MIDDLE AGED; PROTEIN BINDING; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA;

EID: 17044461766     PISSN: 08915849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0891-5849(96)00623-5     Document Type: Article

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