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January 2005 in “Applied spectroscopy” In this study, hair samples from breast cancer patients showed increased β-sheet structures and lipid content, with spectral markers successfully identifying cancer in a blind test but also producing false positives.
December 2014 in “CVR Journal of Science & Technology” This study identified various functional groups and chemical constituents in dried leaves of the medicinal plant Bhringaraj, suggesting their potential use in developing wastewater treatment technologies.
January 2021 in “Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical and Clinical Research” This study examined the effectiveness of FT-Raman spectroscopy for detecting polymorphism in Lamivudine and Finasteride, highlighting its advantages over other methods due to its capability to provide sharp, well-resolved spectral bands and reduced sampling issues.
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May 2008 in “Applied spectroscopy” This study found that human hair cuticle and cortex have different protein structures, with beta-sheet and disorder configurations in the cuticle and alpha-helical structures in the cortex.
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October 2014 in “Langmuir” This study concluded that bleach treatment partly transforms the hydrophobic top layer of human hair cuticles into a hydrophilic surface with clustered cysteic acid, visualized at the nano-scale using dynamic Chemical Force Microscopy.