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Imparting Cholesterol Recognition Sites in Radiation Polymerised Poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) by Molecular Imprinting

✍ Scribed by Sreenivasan, K.

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1997
Tongue: English
Weight: 162 KB
Volume: 42
Category: Article
ISSN: 0959-8103
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0126(199702)42:2<169::aid-pi656>3.0.co;2-p

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✦ Synopsis

The technique of molecular imprinting has been used for inducing affinity sites towards speciÐc molecules in synthetic polymers. We have used the method for creating recognition sites for cholesterol in poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) which was polymerised by c-irradiation. Our preliminary studies using a mixture of cholesterol and testosterone demonstrated the high degree of selectivity of the polymer towards cholesterol.