Chemical analysis of melanins and its application to the study of the regulation of melanogenesis

Pigment Cell Research

Volumn 13, Issue SUPPL. 8, 2000, Pages 103-109

  Ito, Shosuke ^a   Wakamatsu, Kazumasa ^a   Ozeki, Hiroyuki ^b  

^a FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Hoyu Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

Eumelanin; HPLC; Pheomelanin

Indexed keywords

EUMELANIN; MELANIN; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; PHEOMELANIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; MELANOCYTE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; MELANINS; MELANOCYTES; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; PIGMENTATION;

EID: 0034564488     PISSN: 08935785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0749.13.s8.19.x     Document Type: Article

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