Structural analysis of synthetic melanins from 5,6-dihydroxyindole by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry

Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 468-472

  Napolitano, Alessandra ^a   Pezzella, Alessandro ^a   Prota, Giuseppe ^a   Seraglia, Roberta ^b   Traldi, Pietro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLATION; DESORPTION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OLIGOMERS;

BIOSYNTHETIC PRECURSORS; COLOR DIFFERENCE; DIHYDROXYINDOLE; IONIC SPECIES; MASS DIFFERENCE; MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION MASS SPECTROMETRY; OXIDATIVE POLYMERIZATION; PROPERTY; SKIN COLOUR; WEIGHT DIFFERENCE;

MELANIN;

EID: 0001409960     PISSN: 09514198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0231(19960315)10:4<468::AID-RCM506>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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