Near infrared spectroscopy as a tool for the determination of eumelanin in human hair

Pigment Cell Research

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 379-385

  Zoccola, Marina ^a   Mossotti, Raffaella ^a   Innocenti, Riccardo ^a   Loria, Dora I ^b   Rosso, Stefano ^c   Zanetti, Roberto ^c  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b Instituto de Oncologia Angel H Roffo   (Argentina)

^c Piedmont Cancer Regis Ctro P O   (Italy)

Author keywords

Eumelanin; Human hair; Near infrared spectroscopy; Pyrrole 2,3,5 tricarboxylic acid

Indexed keywords

EUMELANIN; PIGMENT; PYRROLE 2,3,5 TRICARBOXYLIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CELL DAMAGE; CELL PROTECTION; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EPIDERMIS; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; OXIDATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; HAIR; HUMANS; MELANINS; PYRROLES; SPECTROSCOPY, NEAR-INFRARED;

EID: 3342960508     PISSN: 08935785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0749.2004.00157.x     Document Type: Article

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