Chemical analysis of late stages of pheomelanogenesis: Conversion of dihydrobenzothiazine to a benzothiazole structure

Pigment Cell and Melanoma Research

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 474-486

  Wakamatsu, Kazumasa ^a   Ohtara, Kazumi ^a   Ito, Shosuke ^a  

^a FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Benzothiazine; Benzothiazole; Pheomelanin; Pheomelanogenesis; Tyrosinase

Indexed keywords

2 QUINONIMINE; ACID; BENZOTHIAZINE DERIVATIVE; BENZOTHIAZOLE; CARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CYSTEINE; CYSTEINYLDOPA; DIHYDRO 1,4 BENZOTHIAZINE 3 CARBOXYLIC ACID; DIHYDROBENZOTHIAZINE; DOPA; DOPAQUINONE; HYDROIODIC ACID; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; PEROXIDE; PHEOMELANIN; QUINONE DERIVATIVE; TYROSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DEGRADATION; HAIR COLOR; HUMAN; HYDROLYSIS; ISOMER; MELANOGENESIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHEOMELANOGENESIS; PHOTOTOXICITY; REDUCTION;

ACIDS; ALANINE; ANIMALS; BENZOTHIAZOLES; CYSTEINE; CYSTEINYLDOPA; DIHYDROXYPHENYLALANINE; HAIR COLOR; HUMANS; HYDROLYSIS; IODINE COMPOUNDS; MELANINS; MICE; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PEROXIDES; THIAZINES;

EID: 67749142346     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-148X.2009.00580.x     Document Type: Article

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