Spontaneous redox reactions of dopaquinone and the balance between the eumelanic and phaeomelanic pathways

Pigment Cell Research

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 273-277

  Land, E J ^a   Riley, P A ^b,c  

^a CHRISTIE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cysteinyldopa; Eumelanin; Phaeomelanin Redox exchange; Tyrosinase

Indexed keywords

BENZOQUINONE DERIVATIVE; CYSTEINYLDOPA; DOPA; DOPAQUINONE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; EUMELANIN; MELANIN; PHEOMELANIN;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CYCLIZATION; KINETICS; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; SPECTROSCOPY;

BENZOQUINONES; CYCLIZATION; CYSTEINYLDOPA; DIHYDROXYPHENYLALANINE; KINETICS; MELANINS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033858051     PISSN: 08935785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0749.2000.130409.x     Document Type: Article

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