All solvents and reagents, unless otherwise specified, were purchased from Sigma-Aldrich. Sodium hyaluronate (200 and 700 kDa) was a kind gift from Fidia Farmaceutici S.p. A (IT). 3-Hydroxy,1,2,3-benzotriazin-4(3H)-one (HOOBt) and
trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) were purchased from AAPPTec and VWR, respectively. 3-(
N-morpholino)-propanesulphonic acid (MOPS) buffer solution (1 mM, pH 7.4, supplemented with 0.003 M KCl and 0.14 M NaCl) was prepared from a powder (Amresco Biochemicals).
Anhydrous methanol was kept for 24 h on 4 Å molecular sieves before use. Carnosine methyl-ester (Car-OMe) was synthesized in anhydrous methanol, as previously reported
94 (link).
All the fluorescence and UV–Vis spectra were reordered by using a multimode microplate reader (
Varioskan Flash, Thermo Scientific).
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