5-S-cysteinyldopa, a diffusible product of melanocyte activity, is an efficient inhibitor of hydroxylation/oxidation reactions induced by the Fenton system

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - General Subjects

Volumn 1291, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 75-82

  Napolitano, Alessandra ^a   Memoli, Sofia ^a   Nappi, Anthony J ^b   D'Ischia, Marco ^a   Prota, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

5 S cysteinyldopa; Hydroxylation; Melanocyte; Pheomelanin

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CYSTEINYLDOPA; DOPA; EDETIC ACID; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; IRON; MANNITOL; PIGMENT;

ARTICLE; HYDROXYLATION; MELANOCYTE; MELANOGENESIS; MELANOMA; OXIDATION; PIGMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030605979     PISSN: 03044165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-4165(96)00047-5     Document Type: Article

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