Oxidation potentials of human eumelanosomes and pheomelanosomes

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 145-148

  Samokhvalov, Alexander ^a   Hong, Lian ^a   Liu, Yan ^a   Garguilo, Jacob ^b   Nemanich, Robert J ^b   Edwards, Glenn S ^a   Simon, John D ^a,c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C; EUMELANIN; MELANIN; PHEOMELANIN; PIGMENT; REDUCING AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; EUMELANOSOME; HAIR COLOR; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IONIZATION; LASER; MELANOSOME; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; PH ELECTRODE; PHEOMELANOSOME; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

CYTOCHROMES C; HUMANS; MELANOSOMES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; OXIDATION-REDUCTION;

EID: 14744280021     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1562/2004-07-23-RC-245.1     Document Type: Article

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