Immediate pigment darkening: Its evolutionary roles may include protection against folate photosensitization

FASEB Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 971-975

  Moan, Johan ^a,b   Nielsen, Kristian Pagh ^c   Juzeniene, Asta ^a  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c DANISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Human skin color; UVA

Indexed keywords

5 METHYLTETRAHYDROFOLIC ACID; RIBOFLAVIN; UROPORPHYRIN;

ARTICLE; HUMAN; IMMEDIATE PIGMENT DARKENING; NORMAL HUMAN; PHOTOBIOLOGY; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHOTOSENSITIZATION; PIGMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; DERMIS; FOLIC ACID; FOREARM; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; LEVODOPA; LIGHT; PHOTOLYSIS; RIBOFLAVIN; SKIN; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SUNLIGHT; TETRAHYDROFOLATES; TROPICAL CLIMATE; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; UROPORPHYRINS;

HOMINIDAE;

EID: 84857698172     PISSN: 08926638     EISSN: 15306860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fj.11-195859     Document Type: Article

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