Exploring the frontiers of synthetic eumelanin polymers by high-resolution matrix-assisted laser/desorption ionization mass spectrometry

Journal of Mass Spectrometry

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 49-53

  Reale, Samantha ^a   Crucianelli, Marcello ^a   Pezzella, Alessandro ^b   D'Ischia, Marco ^b   De Angelis, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

eumelanin; hydroxyindoles; MALDI TOF mass spectrometry; phenol oxidative coupling; polymer growth

Indexed keywords

EUMELANINS; HYDROXYINDOLES; MALDI-TOF MASS SPECTROMETRY; PHENOL OXIDATIVE COUPLING; POLYMER GROWTH;

AMINO ACIDS; BIOPOLYMERS; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; IONIZATION; MAMMALS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OLIGOMERS; PHENOLS; POLYMERIZATION;

POLYMERS;

5,6 DIHYDROXYINDOLE; 5,6 DIHYDROXYINDOLE 2 CARBOXYLIC ACID; CARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; EUMELANIN; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; OLIGOMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; IN VITRO STUDY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBSTITUTION REACTION;

BIOPOLYMERS; INDOLES; MELANINS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; POLYMERIZATION; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION; TYROSINE;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 84856344488     PISSN: 10765174     EISSN: 10969888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jms.2025     Document Type: Article

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