Advanced chemical methods in melanin determination

Pigment Cell Research

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 174-183

  Wakamatsu, Kazumasa ^a   Ito, Shosuke ^a  

^a FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

AHP; AHPEA; AT; Eumelanin; HPLC; PDCA; Pheomelanin; PTCA; TDCA; TTCA

Indexed keywords

3 AMINOTYROSINE; 3-AMINOTYROSINE; 4 AMINO 3 HYDROXYPHENYLALANINE; 4-AMINO-3-HYDROXYPHENYLALANINE; DOPAMINE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; EUMELANIN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MELANIN; OXYGEN; PHEOMELANIN; POLYMER; TYROSINE;

BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; HAIR; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TIME;

BIOCHEMISTRY; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DOPAMINE; HAIR; HUMANS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MELANINS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; OXYGEN; POLYMERS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TIME FACTORS; TYROSINE;

EID: 0036016302     PISSN: 08935785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0749.2002.02017.x     Document Type: Review

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