Oral zinc sulphate causes murine hair hypopigmentation and is a potent inhibitor of eumelanogenesis in vivo

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 39-49

  Plonka, P M ^a   Handjiski, B ^a,b   Michalczyk, D ^a   Popik, M ^a   Paus, R ^c  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acrodermatitis enteropathica; C57BL 6; Dopachrome tautomerase; Electron paramagnetic resonance; Phaeomelanin; Tyrosinase

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; MELANIN; ZINC SULFATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPIGMENTATION; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; ESTHETIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HAIR; HAIR FOLLICLE; HAIR GROWTH; HAIR ROOT; HISTOLOGY; HYPOPIGMENTATION; IN VIVO STUDY; KERATINOCYTE; MELANOCYTE; MELANOGENESIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; DERMATOLOGIC AGENTS; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; FEMALE; HAIR; HAIR COLOR; HYPOPIGMENTATION; MELANINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; ZINC SULFATE;

EID: 33745025243     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2006.07376.x     Document Type: Article

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