The UV-absorption spectrum of human iridal melanosomes: A new perspective on the relative absorption of eumelanin and pheomelanin and its consequences

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1378-1384

  Peles, Dana N ^a   Simon, John D ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUMELANIN; MELANIN; PHEOMELANIN;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; IRIS; MELANOSOME; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ABSORPTION; HUMANS; IRIS; MELANINS; MELANOSOMES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 84868193820     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: 17511097     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.2012.01131.x     Document Type: Article

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