The interaction of several herbal extracts with α-synuclein: Fibril formation and surface plasmon resonance analysis.

Proteins from their native conformation convert into highly ordered fibrillar aggregation under particular conditions; that are described as amyloid fibrils. α-Synuclein (α-Syn) is a small natively unfolded protein that its fibrillation is the causative factor of Parkinson's disease. One import...

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Main Authors: Shokouh Honarmand, Bahareh Dabirmanesh, Massoud Amanlou, Khosro Khajeh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0217801