Research Article

Inhibitory Effect of Curcumin-Cu(II) and Curcumin-Zn(II) Complexes on Amyloid-Beta Peptide Fibrillation

Figure 1

(a) Chemical structures of mononuclear Curcumin-metal complex showing the -diketone moiety of Curcumin as the metal binding site and (b) UV-vis absorption spectra of Curcumin (—), Curcumin-Cu(II) complex (- - -), and Curcumin-Zn(II) complex (····).
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