Photoprotective properties of skin melanin

British Journal of Dermatology, Supplement

Volumn 146, Issue 61, 2002, Pages 7-10

  Diepgen, T L ^b   Mahler, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Action spectrum; Eumelanins; Melanin; Melanocyte; Pheomelanins; Photoprotection

Indexed keywords

DOPA; DOPACHROME; ISOPROTEIN; MELANIN; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA DAMAGE; HUMAN; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MELANOGENESIS; MELANOMA; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RADIATION PROTECTION; SKIN PIGMENTATION; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

HUMANS; MELANINS; RADIATION INJURIES; SKIN; SKIN DISEASES; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 0036242122     PISSN: 0366077X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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