Quantitative analysis of eumelanin and pheomelanin in humans, mice, and other animals: A comparative review

Pigment Cell Research

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 523-531

  Ito, Shosuke ^a   Wakamatsu, Kazumasa ^a  

^a FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aminohydroxyphenylalanine; Eumelanin; High performance liquid chromatography; Pheomelanin; Pyrrole 2,3, 5 tricarboxylic acid

Indexed keywords

AMINOHYDROXYPHENYLALANINE; EUMELANIN; MELANIN; PHENYLALANINE DERIVATIVE; PHEOMELANIN; PYRROLE 2,3,5 TRICARBOXYLIC ACID; PYRROLE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOSYNTHESIS; DEGRADATION; EYE COLOR; FISH; GENE INTERACTION; HAIR COLOR; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MELANOGENESIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PIGMENTATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RACE; REVIEW; SKIN COLOR;

ANIMALS; COLUMBIDAE; GUINEA PIGS; HAIR; HORSES; HUMANS; MELANINS; MELANOCYTES; MELANOMA; MICE; MOLLUSCA; PAPIO; PIGMENTATION; SHEEP; SKIN;

ANIMALIA; AVES; MAMMALIA; PISCES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0042733275     PISSN: 08935785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0749.2003.00072.x     Document Type: Review

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