New pyrrole acids by oxidative degradation of eumelanins with hydrogen peroxide. Further hints to the mechanism of pigment breakdown

Tetrahedron

Volumn 52, Issue 26, 1996, Pages 8775-8780

  Napolitano, Alessandra ^a   Pezzella, Alessandro ^a   D'Ischia, Marco ^a   Prota, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELANIN; PIGMENT; PYRROLE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; DRUG DEGRADATION; DRUG IDENTIFICATION; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0029890909     PISSN: 00404020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0040-4020(96)00418-8     Document Type: Article

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