title: Cotton functionalized with peptides: characterization and synthetic methods.
abstract: Three approaches for the chemical ligation of peptides to cotton fibers are described and compared. This investigation was encouraged by the need to create peptide-decorated natural textiles, furnished with useful properties (e.g. antimicrobial activity). IR absorption spectroscopy is proved to be an easy and fast method to check the covalent anchorage of a peptide to cotton, whereas for a quantitative determination, a UV absorption method was employed. We also analyzed the usefulness of electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy to characterize our peptide-cotton conjugates.
authors.affiliation: ICB, Padova Unit, CNR, Department of Chemistry, University of Padova, via Marzolo 1, 35131, Padova, Italy.
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Orlandin
authors.forename: Fernando
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Formaggio
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Toffoletti
authors.forename: Cristina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Peggion
mesh_terms: D000438:Alcohols / Q000737:chemistry; D000498:Allyl Compounds / Q000737:chemistry; D032561:Cotton Fiber; D004578:Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy; D005029:Ethylenediamines / Q000737:chemistry; D003368:Gossypium / Q000737:chemistry; D009842:Oligopeptides / Q000737:chemistry*; D013499:Surface Properties
chemical_list: D000438:Alcohols; D000498:Allyl Compounds; D005029:Ethylenediamines; D009842:Oligopeptides; C023963:bromohydrins; C031234:ethylenediamine; C050431:allyl bromide
keywords: EPR; dendrimers; functionalized textiles; peptides