Usefulness of alkaline hydrogen peroxide oxidation to analyze eumelanin and pheomelanin in various tissue samples: Application to chemical analysis of human hair melanins

Pigment Cell and Melanoma Research

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 605-613

  Ito, Shosuke ^a   Nakanishi, Yukiko ^a   Valenzuela, Robert K ^b   Brilliant, Murray H ^c   Kolbe, Ludger ^d   Wakamatsu, Kazumasa ^a  

^a FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c MARSHFIELD CLINIC   (United States)

^d BEIERSDORF AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Eumelanin; Hair; Hydrogen peroxide; Melanin; Oxidation; Pheomelanin

Indexed keywords

EUMELANIN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MELANIN; PHEOMELANIN; PYRROLE DERIVATIVE; THIAZOLE 2,4,5 TRICARBOXYLIC ACID; THIAZOLE 4,5 DICARBOXYLIC ACID; THIAZOLE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAIR; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MELANOCYTE; OXIDATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALKALIES; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHEMISTRY TECHNIQUES, ANALYTICAL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FEMALE; HAIR; HUMANS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MALE; MELANINS; MICE; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PYRROLES; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051875324     PISSN: 17551471     EISSN: 1755148X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-148X.2011.00864.x     Document Type: Article

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