Eumelanin and pheomelanin concentrations in human epidermis before and after UVB irradiation

Pigment Cell Research

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 220-223

  Hennessy, Alison ^a   Oh, Carol ^a   Diffey, Brian ^b   Wakamatsu, Kazumasa ^c   Ito, Shosuke ^c   Rees, Jonathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epidermis; Eumelanin; Pheomelanin; UVB

Indexed keywords

EUMELANIN; FREE RADICAL; MELANIN; PHEOMELANIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CELL CULTURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EPIDERMIS; HAIR COLOR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOSENSITIVITY; SKIN COLOR; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

EPIDERMIS; HUMANS; MELANINS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 19544392728     PISSN: 08935785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0749.2005.00233.x     Document Type: Article

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