Eumelanin and Phaeomelanin Contents of Human Epidermis and Cultured Melanocytes

Pigment Cell Research

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 202-208

  HUNT, GILLIAN ^a   KYNE, SYLVIA ^a   ITO, SHOSUKE ^b   WAKAMATSU, KAZUMASA ^b   TODD, CAROLE ^a   THODY, ANTHONY J ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Health University School of Health Sciences   (Japan)

Author keywords

Melanins; Melanogenesis; Skin pigmentation

Indexed keywords

EUMELANIN; MELANIN; PHEOMELANIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CHEMISTRY; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; KERATINOCYTE; MALE; MELANOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

ADULT; CELLS, CULTURED; CHILD; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATINOCYTES; MALE; MELANINS; MELANOCYTES; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

EID: 0029348767     PISSN: 08935785     EISSN: 16000749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0749.1995.tb00664.x     Document Type: Article

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