The histological analysis, colorimetric evaluation, and chemical quantification of melanin content in 'suntanned' fish

Pigment Cell Research

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 465-468

  Adachi, Kohsuke ^a   Kato, Keitaro ^a   Wakamatsu, Kazumasa ^b   Ito, Shosuke ^b   Ishimaru, Katsuya ^a   Hirata, Takashi ^c   Murata, Osamu ^a   Kumai, Hidemi ^a  

^a KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

4 AHP; Eumelanin; Fish; L*a*b*; Melanin; PTCA; Sun tanning

Indexed keywords

4 AMINO 3 HYDROXYPHENYLALANINE; CARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; EUMELANIN; MELANIN; PHEOMELANIN; PIGMENT; PYRROLE 2,3,5 TRICARBOXYLIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASSAY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COLORIMETRY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FISH; HISTOLOGY; MELANOCYTE; NONHUMAN; SKIN COLOR; SKIN SURFACE; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANIMALS; COLORIMETRY; MELANINS; MELANOCYTES; SEA BREAM; SKIN; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SUNLIGHT; THIAZOLES; TYROSINE; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

ANIMALIA; PAGRUS MAJOR; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 28044462649     PISSN: 08935785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0749.2005.00272.x     Document Type: Article

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