Interference of Some Tryptophan Metabolites in the Formation of Melanin In Vitro

Pigment Cell Research

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 135-141

  Soddu, Giulia ^a   Sanjust, Enrico ^a   Murgia, Sergio ^a   Rescigno, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

3 Hydroxyanthranilic acid; 3 Hydroxykynurenine; Melanin; Tryptophan metabolites; Tyrosinase

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYANTHRANILIC ACID; 3 HYDROXYKYNURENINE; DOPA; MELANIN; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; TYROSINE;

ARTICLE; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IN VITRO STUDY; MELANOGENESIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OXIDATION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TRYPTOPHAN METABOLISM;

3-HYDROXYANTHRANILIC ACID; AGARICALES; CATALYSIS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DIHYDROXYPHENYLALANINE; KYNURENINE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MELANINS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; OXYGEN; PIGMENTATION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TIME FACTORS; TRYPTOPHAN; TYROSINE; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 1842578242     PISSN: 08935785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1600-0749.2003.00120.x     Document Type: Article

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