Transient quinonimines and 1,4-benzothiazines of pheomelanogenesis: New pulse radiolytic and spectrophotometric evidence

Free Radical Biology and Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 5-6, 1999, Pages 521-528

  Napolitano, Alessandra ^a   Di Donato, Paola ^a   Prota, Giuseppe ^a   Land, Edward J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

4 benzothiazines; 5 S Cysteinyldopa; Dihydro 1; Free radicals; Pheomelanin precursors; Pulse radiolytic oxidation; Skin photosensitivity; Transient quinonimines and benzothiazines

Indexed keywords

BENZOTHIAZINE DERIVATIVE; CYSTEINYLDOPA; FREE RADICAL; IMINE; MELANIN;

ARTICLE; CYCLIZATION; HUMAN; MELANOGENESIS; OXIDATION; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLYSIS; SKIN; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

DERMATITIS, PHOTOTOXIC; DIHYDROXYPHENYLALANINE; FERRICYANIDES; FREE RADICALS; HAIR COLOR; HUMANS; KINETICS; MELANINS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; PULSE RADIOLYSIS; QUINONES; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; THIAZINES;

EID: 0032868621     PISSN: 08915849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0891-5849(99)00098-2     Document Type: Article

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