Journal
MOLECULES
Volume 27, Issue 24, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/molecules27248760
Keywords
Lysozyme; PEG 400; thermal restraint; resilience
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In this study, infrared spectroscopy measurements were conducted on Lysozyme aqueous solutions in the presence of PolyEthylene Glycol (PEG 400) at different temperatures. The results showed the bioprotectant effectiveness of low molecular weight PEG and highlighted its role in thermal treatment.
Infrared spectroscopy measurements were performed on Lysozyme aqueous solutions also in the presence of PolyEthylene Glycol (PEG 400) as a function of an increasing temperature from T = 27 degrees C to 90 degrees C, and, successively in sequence, by decreasing temperatures from T = 90 degrees C to 27 degrees C. Data were analyzed by evaluating the spectral difference with respect to the initial spectrum collected at 27 degrees C. This procedure allows to quantitatively evaluate the thermal restraint related to the thermal scan from T = 27 degrees C to 90 degrees C, as well as to introduce a spectral resilience concerning the entire increasing and decreasing thermal paths which allow to highlight the bioprotectant effectiveness of low molecular weight PEG. In particular, the main purpose of the present work is to highlight the effects of a thermal treatment on a mixture of Lysozyme/water and of Lysozyme/water/PEG 400 during an increasing temperature scan, and then after a successive decreasing temperature scan, in order to highlight the bioprotectant role of PEG 400. On that score, an evaluation of the spectral distances of the registered spectra as a function of increasing and decreasing temperatures has been performed and analyzed.
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