Variation in melanin content and composition in type V and VI photoexposed and photoprotected human skin: The dominant role of DHI

Pigment Cell Research

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 337-347

  Alaluf, Simon ^a,b   Heath, Alan ^a   Carter, N I K ^a   Atkins, Derek ^a   Mahalingam, Harish ^a   Barrett, Karen ^a   Kolb, R I A ^b   Smit, Nico ^b  

^a UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Colour; Dopachrome tautomerase; Eumelanin; Pheomelanin; Pigmentation; Tyrosinase

Indexed keywords

5,6 DIHYDROXY 2 INDOLYLCARBOXYLIC ACID; 5,6 DIHYDROXYINDOLE; 5,6-DIHYDROXY-2-INDOLYLCARBOXYLIC ACID; 5,6-DIHYDROXYINDOLE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; MELANIN;

ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; EPIDERMIS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LIGHT; MELANOSOME; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SKIN PIGMENTATION; STATISTICS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BIOPSY; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ENZYME INHIBITORS; EPIDERMIS; HUMANS; INDOLES; LIGHT; MELANINS; MELANOSOMES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; SKIN PIGMENTATION; STATISTICS;

EID: 0034798327     PISSN: 08935785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0749.2001.140505.x     Document Type: Article

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