1,4-Benzothiazines as key intermediates in the biosynthesis of red hair pigment pheomelanins

Pigment Cell Research

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 532-539

  Di Donato, Paola ^a   Napolitano, Alessandra ^b  

^a STAZIONE ZOOLOGICA ANTON DOHRN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

(3,4 dihydro) 1,4 Benzothiazines; 1,3 (benzo) thiazoles; 5 S cysteinyldopa; MALDI MS; Melanogenesis; Pheomelanins; Trichochromes

Indexed keywords

BENZOTHIAZINE DERIVATIVE; CYSTEINYLDOPA; MELANIN; PHEOMELANIN; PIGMENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; FEATHER; HAIR COLOR; HUMAN; MELANOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OXIDATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; POLYMERIZATION; PULSE RADIOLYSIS; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; HAIR; HAIR COLOR; HUMANS; MELANINS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; THIAZINES; ZINC;

AVES;

EID: 0041835913     PISSN: 08935785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0749.2003.00085.x     Document Type: Review

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