Chemical characterization of melanins in sheep wool and human hair

Pigment Cell Research

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 51-57

  Ozeki, Hiroyuki ^a   Ito, Shosuke ^a   Wakamatsu, Kazumasa ^a  

^a FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Eumelanin; Melanogenesis; Pheomelanin

Indexed keywords

AVES; MAMMALIA; OVIS ARIES;

5,6 DIHYDROXY 2 INDOLYLCARBOXYLIC ACID; 5,6-DIHYDROXY-2-INDOLYLCARBOXYLIC ACID; EUMELANIN; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; MELANIN; PHEOMELANIN; THIAZINE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HAIR; HAIR COLOR; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MOUSE; SHEEP; SOLUBILITY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; HAIR; HAIR COLOR; HUMANS; INDOLES; MELANINS; MICE; SHEEP; SOLUBILITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; THIAZINES;

EID: 0030114975     PISSN: 08935785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0749.1996.tb00088.x     Document Type: Article

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