Nuragic bone collagen retains its molecular structure.
The molecular structure of bone collagen was found to be preserved in Nuragic bone samples several centuries after burial. Enhanced birefringence of bone and dentin collagen fibres observed in polarized light after Sirus red staining was used to demonstrate this fact.
Tedde
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G
Istituto di Anatomia Umana Normale, Università di Sassari.
Mazzarello
V
V
Bandiera
P
P
Montella
A
A
Ostrowski
K
K
Dziedzic-Goclawska
A
A
Woitowicz
A
A
Sotowski
R
R
D000885:Anthropology, Physical; D001391:Azo Compounds; D001718:Birefringence; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000166:cytology; D003094:Collagen / Q000737:chemistry*; D004396:Coloring Agents; D003804:Dentin / Q000737:chemistry / Q000166:cytology; D005580:Fossils; D006801:Humans; D008663:Metacarpus / Q000737:chemistry / Q000166:cytology; D015394:Molecular Structure; D011180:Postmortem Changes
D001391:Azo Compounds; D004396:Coloring Agents; C009798:C.I. direct red 80; D003094:Collagen