The fundamental building blocks of red human hair pheomelanin are isoquinoline-containing dimers

Pigment Cell and Melanoma Research

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 110-112

  Greco, Giorgia ^a   Panzella, Lucia ^a   Napolitano, Alessandra ^a   D'Ischia, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

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Indexed keywords

4 AMINO 3 HYDROXYPHENYLALANINE; BENZOTHIAZOLE CARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; DIMER; ISOQUINOLINE DERIVATIVE; PHEOMELANIN; THIAZOLYL PYRIDINE PENTACARBOXYLIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; HAIR; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LETTER; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RED HUMAN HAIR; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

BENZOTHIAZOLES; CHEMICAL FRACTIONATION; DIMERIZATION; HAIR; HUMANS; MELANINS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NIACIN; TYROSINE;

EID: 83955161738     PISSN: 17551471     EISSN: 1755148X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-148X.2011.00896.x     Document Type: Letter

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