Melanin from Epidermal Human Melanocytes: Study by Pyrolytic GC/MS

Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 464-468

  Stępień, Krystyna ^a   Dzierżęga Lęcznar, Anna ^a   Kurkiewicz, Slawomir ^a   Tam, Irena ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PHOTOSENSITIZERS; PYROLYSIS; SKIN;

CHEMICAL DEGRADATION; EPIDERMAL MELANIN; KERATINOCYTES; MELANIN PIGMENTS; NATURAL PIGMENT; PIGMENTED SKIN; STRUCTURAL STUDIES; TETRAMETHYL AMMONIUM HYDROXIDE;

MELANIN;

EID: 60649106956     PISSN: 10440305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jasms.2008.11.003     Document Type: Article

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