Publications by authors named "Yi-Cong Luo"

Anthocyanins, which are the labile flavonoid pigments in botanical food, are attracting intensive attention because they can reduce the risk of noncommunicable diseases. Thus, many dietary molecules have been explored to minimize anthocyanin degradation. This study developed a novel model based on the density functional theory (DFT) and conceptual density functional theory (CDFT) to screen small dietary compounds that can stabilize aqueous anthocyanins.

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Accumulation of amyloid fibrils in organisms accompanies many diseases. Natural extracts offer an alternative strategy to control the process with potentially fewer side effects. In this study, the inhibition of C-phycocyanin from on amyloid formation of bovine serum albumin (BSA) during a 21-day incubation was investigated using fluorescence and circular dichroism (CD), and mechanisms were explored via kinetic fitting and molecular docking.

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