Melanins and melanosomes from llama (Lama glama L.)

Pigment Cell Research

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 307-311

  Cecchi, Teresa ^a   Cozzali, Claudia ^b   Passamonti, Paolo ^a   Ceccarelli, Piero ^b   Pucciarelli, Filippo ^a   Gargiulo, Anna Maria ^b   Frank, Eduardo Nargiso ^c   Renieri, Carlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Llama; Melanosome; Spectrophotometric alkali soluble melanin; Spectrophotometric eumelanin; Spectrophotometric pheomelanin; Spectrophotometric total melanin

Indexed keywords

MELANIN; PHEOMELANIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL GRANULE; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; HAIR ANALYSIS; HAIR COLOR; LAMA GLAMA; LLAMA; MELANOGENESIS; MELANOSOME; NONHUMAN; PIGMENTATION; SKIN; SKIN COLOR; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ANIMALS; CAMELIDS, NEW WORLD; HAIR; MELANINS; MELANOSOMES; SKIN; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ANIMALIA; ARGENTINA (FISH); LAMA (CAMEL); LAMA GLAMA; NOTOLABRUS CELIDOTUS;

EID: 2642532616     PISSN: 08935785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0749.2004.00139.x     Document Type: Article

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