Date fruit melanin is primarily based on (−)-epicatechin proanthocyanidin oligomers

Date fruit melanin is primarily based on (−)-epicatechin proanthocyanidin oligomers

Abstract Plant-based melanin seems to be abundant, but it did not receive scientific attention despite its importance in plant biology and medicinal applications, e.g. photoprotection, radical scavenging, antimicrobial properties, etc. Date fruit melanin (DM) has complex, graphene-like, polymeric st...

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Main Authors: Muneeba Zubair Alam, Clinton Emeka Okonkwo, João P. Cachaneski-Lopes, Carlos F. O. Graeff, Augusto Batagin-Neto, Saeed Tariq, Sabu Varghese, Matthew J. O’Connor, Abuzar E. Albadri, J. Beau W. Webber, Mohammed Tarique, Mutamed Ayyash, Afaf Kamal-Eldin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2024-02-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Subjects:
Date fruit
Phoenix dactylifera L.
Melanin
Proanthocyanidins
(−)-Epicatechin
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-55467-x

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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-55467-x

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