β-amyloid amorphous aggregates induced by the small natural molecule ferulic acid

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 117, Issue 44, 2013, Pages 13816-13821

  Bramanti, Emilia ^a   Fulgentini, Lorenzo ^b,c   Bizzarri, Ranieri ^b   Lenci, Francesco ^b   Sgarbossa, Antonella ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OTTICA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE; FERULIC ACIDS; FIBRILLOGENESIS; FRUIT AND VEGETABLES; MOLECULAR BASIS; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISORDERS; PHENOLIC COMPOUNDS; THERAPEUTIC USE;

CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; ELECTROPHORESIS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GLYCOPROTEINS; MOLECULES; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES;

AGGREGATES;

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN[1-40]; COUMARIC ACID; FERULIC ACID; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; KINETICS; METABOLISM; PROTEIN BINDING; TEMPERATURE;

AMYLOID BETA-PEPTIDES; COUMARIC ACIDS; KINETICS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROTEIN BINDING; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84887743408     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: 15205207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp4079986     Document Type: Article

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