A simple and reliable methodology to detect egg white in art samples

Journal of Biosciences

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 397-408

  Gambino, Michela ^a   Cappitelli, Francesca ^a   Cattò, Cristina ^a   Carpen, Aristodemo ^a   Principi, Pamela ^a,d   Ghezzi, Lisa ^b   Bonaduce, Ilaria ^b   Galano, Eugenio ^c   Pucci, Pietro ^c   Birolo, Leila ^c   Villa, Federica ^a   Forlani, Fabio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES AND ARTS OF SOUTHERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

cultural heritage; Dot blot immunoassay; egg paint binder; ovalbumin; pigments; proteomics

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CARBONATE; EGG WHITE; MERCURY SULFIDE; OVALBUMIN; VITELLOGENIN;

ART; CULTURAL HERITAGE; IMMUNOASSAY; PIGMENT; PROTEOMICS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ART; ARTICLE; COLORIMETRY; DOT HYBRIDIZATION; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; IMMUNOASSAY; INCUBATION TIME; LABORATORY TEST; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHODOLOGY; NATIVE POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PAINTING; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEOMICS; THERMOGRAVIMETRY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; AVIAN PROTEINS; CHICKENS; COLORING AGENTS; EGG WHITE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OVALBUMIN; PAINT; PAINTINGS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROTEOMICS; REFERENCE STANDARDS;

ITALY; LODI; LOMBARDY;

EID: 84878010654     PISSN: 02505991     EISSN: 09737138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12038-013-9321-z     Document Type: Article

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