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  • Anti-Parkinsonian L-Dopa can also act as anti-systemic amyloidosis-A mechanistic exploration.

Anti-Parkinsonian L-Dopa can also act as anti-systemic amyloidosis-A mechanistic exploration.

International journal of biological macromolecules (2017-03-12)
Saima Nusrat, Nida Zaidi, Mohammad Khursheed Siddiqi, Masihuz Zaman, Ibrar Ahmed Siddique, Mohammad Rehan Ajmal, Ali Saber Abdelhameed, Rizwan Hasan Khan
ABSTRACT

In spite of the fact that amyloid related neurodegenerative illnesses and non-neuropathic systemic amyloidosis have allured the research endeavors, as no cure has been announced yet apart from symptomatic treatment. Therapeutic agents which can reduce or disaggregate those toxic oligomers and fibrillar species have been studied with more compounds are on their way. The current research work describes comprehensive biophysical, computational and microscopic studies which reveal that L-3, 4-dihydroxyphenylalanine (L-Dopa) have indisputable efficacy to hinder the heat induced amyloid fibrillation of the human lysozyme (HL) and also preserve the fibril disaggregating potential. The IC

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Thioflavin T, used as stain for amyloid