Diversity of human hair pigmentation as studied by chemical analysis of eumelanin and pheomelanin

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1369-1380

  Ito, S ^a   Wakamatsu, K ^a  

^a FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINO 3 HYDROXYPHENYLALANINE; EUMELANIN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MELANOCORTIN 1 RECEPTOR; PHENYLALANINE DERIVATIVE; PHEOMELANIN; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN; PYRROLE 2,3,5 TRICARBOXYLIC ACID; THIAZOLE 2,4,5 TRICARBOXYLIC ACID; TRACE ELEMENT; TRICARBOXYLIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CYSTINOSIS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HAIR COLOR; HAIR PIGMENTATION; HUMAN; HYDROLYSIS; MALNUTRITION; MELANOGENESIS; MELANOMA; OCULAR ALBINISM; OCULOCUTANEOUS ALBINISM; OXIDATION; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENT DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

HAIR COLOR; HUMANS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MELANINS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PYRROLES;

EID: 81155138239     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2011.04278.x     Document Type: Article

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