Application of matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry to the detection of melanins formed from Dopa and dopamine

Journal of Mass Spectrometry

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 922-929

  Bertazzo, Antonella ^a   Costa, Carlo V L ^a   Allegri, Graziella ^a   Favretto, Donata ^b   Traldi, Pietro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dopa; Dopamine; Enzymatic oligomerization; Matrix assisted laser desorption ionization mass spectrometry; Melanins

Indexed keywords

DOPA; DOPAMINE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; MELANIN; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; OLIGOMER; PEROXIDASE;

ARTICLE; KINETICS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MELANOGENESIS; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DIHYDROXYPHENYLALANINE; DOPAMINE; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; MELANINS; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION;

EID: 0032874483     PISSN: 10765174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9888(199909)34:9<922::AID-JMS851>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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