Archives: Smycken
Estragol
Pendant with estragol in 1.2 mm silver wire.
French tarragon gets its elegant mint licorice tone of estragol. The molecule is named after estragon the French name for dragon.
Karvakrol
Pendant with carvacrol in 1.2 mm silver wire.
Carvacrol is a warm spicy flavour found in oregano. Oregano is one of the spices that can handle drying. However, the molecule carvacrol doesn’t withstand long heating, which is one reason why oregano is sprinkled over the pizza only when it’s ready-baked.
Oregano can have antiviral effect. The substance carvacrol in oregano attacks the proteins that protect the winter vomiting virus, norovirus.
IgA antibody
The silver necklace shows a schematic form of an IgA antibody in 1.5 mm silver wire.
IgA is an antibody that occurs in tears, saliva, sweat and colostrum. IgA is in the “first line of defense” against viruses.
IgM antibody
The silver necklace shows a schematic form of an IgM antibody in 1.2 mm silver wire.
Immunoglobulin M (IgM) is the first antibody that our immune system makes to fight a new infection. It’s the largest antibody with five immunoglobulin domains, a pentamer. This means that they have a fantastic capacity to bind and pick up trace amounts of the infection.
Theobromine earrings
Earrings of theobromin in 1.2 mm silver wire with the O as a silver balls.
Theobromine is one of the stimulants found in cocoa and chocolate and active in the central nervous system. The word theobroma is a combination of the Greek words theos, God, and broma, food.
Enamelled laser pulse earrings
Silver earrings inspired by the Nobel Prize 2018 in Physics. A short laser pulse, stretched in time, amplified and squeezed together again.
The Nobel Prize in Physics 2018 was awarded to Gérard Mourou and Donna Strickland “for their method of generating high-intensity, ultra-short optical pulses.”
Ubiquitin
The silver necklace shows the three-dimensional structure of ubiquitin in 1.2 mm silver wire.
Ubiquitin is a small protein with the task of “labelling “ proteins that are to be degraded. Maybe because they are damaged, or because they are no longer needed.
Bergamottin
Pendant with bergamottin in 1.2 mm silver wire.
Bergamottin is a substance found in grapefruit. Bergamottins are active as inhibitors of cytochrome P450, a protein involved in the breakdown of certain drugs. It leads to increased concentration of the drug in the blood.
Spider toxin Magi 5
The silver necklace shows the three-dimensional structure of a toxin, Magi 5, from the spider Macrothele gigas in 1.2 mm silver wire.
α-cobratoxin
Silverhalsbandet visar den tredimensionella strukturen av α-kobratoxin från Naja Kaouthia kobran i 1.2 mm silvertråd.
Alfa-Cobratoxin is a neurotoxin of the venom of certain Naja cobras. It binds and blocks the nicotinic acetylcholine receptors and leads to muscle paralysis.
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