Spectrophotometric characterization of eumelanin and pheomelanin in hair

Pigment Cell Research

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 265-270

  Ozeki, Hiroyuki ^a   Ito, Shosuke ^a   Wakamatsu, Kazumasa ^a   Thody, Anthony J ^b  

^a FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Eumelanin; Hair; Melanogenesis; Pheomelanin; Wool

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA; OVIS ARIES;

4 AMINO 3 HYDROXYPHENYLALANINE; 4-AMINO-3-HYDROXYPHENYLALANINE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; EUMELANIN; MELANIN; PHEOMELANIN; PYRROLE 2,3,5 TRICARBOXYLIC ACID; PYRROLE DERIVATIVE; PYRROLE-2,3,5-TRICARBOXYLIC ACID; TYROSINE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; HAIR; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; SHEEP; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; HAIR; HUMANS; MELANINS; MICE; PYRROLES; SHEEP; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TYROSINE;

EID: 0030253745     PISSN: 08935785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0749.1996.tb00116.x     Document Type: Article

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