An integrated approach to the structure of sepia melanin. Evidence for a high proportion of degraded 5,6-Dihydroxyindole-2-carboxylic acid units in the pigment backbone

Tetrahedron

Volumn 53, Issue 24, 1997, Pages 8281-8286

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b Zoological Station   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELANIN;

ARTICLE; DRUG DEGRADATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IN VITRO STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

SEPIA;

EID: 0031000363     PISSN: 00404020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4020(97)00494-8     Document Type: Article

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