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- ¡Abierta convocatoria para proyectos de investigación en la ICTS- Doñana!
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- Cinco contratos para desarrollar la tesis doctoral en la Estación Biológica de Doñana - CSIC
- Actividades de la Estación Biológica de Doñana en la Noche Europea de los Investigadores
- La ICTS-RBD se prepara para la 30ª Campaña de Anillamiento de Paseriformes Migratorios en Doñana
Noticias
Raman spectroscopy quantification of eumelanin subunits in natural unaltered pigments
Eumelanins are large polymers composed of 5,6-dihydroxyindole (DHI) and 5,6-dihydroxyindole-2-carboxylic acid (DHICA). ROS generation is higher during the synthesis of DHI than during the synthesis of DHICA, thus the production of eumelanins with high relative DHI contents may compromise the viability of cells and organisms. Here it is shown that dispersive Raman spectroscopy allows a non-invasive direct detection and quantification of DHI and DHICA in unaltered eumelanins that can be applied to the analysis of natural pigments in biological tissues. Using synthetic eumelanins purely composed of DHI or DHICA, a model is developed to determine the differential contribution of these subunits to the Raman spectra of mixed eumelanins, and exemplify the predictive capacity of the model with natural eumelanins deposited in black and grey feathers of fowl. The wavenumber ranges of 550-1200 cm-1 and 1650-2300 cm-1 were found significant to predict the DHI:DHICA ratio in unknown samples. informacion[at]ebd.csic.es Galván et al (2018) Raman spectroscopy quantification of eumelanin subunits in natural unaltered pigments. PIGM CELL MELANOMA R https://doi.org/10.1111/pcmr.12707
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/pcmr.12707- Laboratorio de Ecología Molecular
- Laboratorio SIG y Teledetección (LAST)
- Laboratorio de Ecología Química
- Laboratorio de Ecología Acuática
- Laboratorio de Ecofisiología
- Laboratorio de Isótopos Estables
- Unidad de Experimentación Animal
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- Unidad de Seguimiento
- Laboratorio de Camaras climaticas