UVA-induced oxidative degradation of melanins: Fission of indole moiety in eumelanin and conversion to benzothiazole moiety in pheomelanin

Pigment Cell and Melanoma Research

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 434-445

  Wakamatsu, Kazumasa ^a   Nakanishi, Yukiko ^a   Miyazaki, Narimi ^a   Kolbe, Ludger ^b   Ito, Shosuke ^a  

^a FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b BEIERSDORF AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Eumelanin; Hair; Hydrogen peroxide; Melanin; Pheomelanin; UVA

Indexed keywords

4 AMINO 3 HYDROXYPHENYLALANINE; BENZOTHIAZINE DERIVATIVE; BENZOTHIAZOLE; EUMELANIN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; INDOLE; PHENYLALANINE DERIVATIVE; PHEOMELANIN; PYRROLE 2,3,5 TRICARBOXYLIC ACID; TRICARBOXYLIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGING; ARTICLE; HAIR ANALYSIS; OXIDATION; PEROXIDATION; PHOTODEGRADATION; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION;

ANIMALS; BENZOTHIAZOLES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FEMALE; HAIR; HAIR COLOR; HUMANS; INDOLES; MELANINS; MICE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 84862744001     PISSN: 17551471     EISSN: 1755148X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-148X.2012.01011.x     Document Type: Article

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