Isolation and characterization of mammalian eumelanins from hair and irides

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - General Subjects

Volumn 1475, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 295-306

  Novellino, Luisa ^a   Napolitano, Alessandra ^a   Prota, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

5,6 Dihydroxyindole; Chemical analysis; Eumelanin structure; Fenton reaction; MALDI analysis; Melanin isolation

Indexed keywords

5,6 DIHYDROXYINDOLE; MELANIN; PIGMENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ANALYSIS; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG PURIFICATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; HAIR; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IRIS; MAMMAL; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION;

ANIMALS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CATTLE; DEOXYRIBOSE; EUROPE; FERRICYANIDES; HAIR; HUMANS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INDOLES; IRIS; MELANINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PROTEINS; PYRROLES; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET;

EID: 0034718178     PISSN: 03044165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4165(00)00080-5     Document Type: Article

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