Chemical analysis of constitutive pigmentation of human epidermis reveals constant eumelanin to pheomelanin ratio

Pigment Cell and Melanoma Research

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 707-717

  Del Bino, Sandra ^a   Ito, Shosuke ^b   Sok, Juliette ^a   Nakanishi, Yukiko ^b   Bastien, Philippe ^a   Wakamatsu, Kazumasa ^b   Bernerd, Françoise ^a  

^a L'Oréal Research and Innovation   (France)

^b FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Eumelanin; Melanin; Pheomelanin; Skin constitutive pigmentation

Indexed keywords

4 AMINO 3 HYDROXYPHENYLALANINE; CARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; EUMELANIN; MELANIN; PHENYLALANINE DERIVATIVE; PHEOMELANIN; PYRROLE 2,3,5 TRICARBOXYLIC ACID; THIAZOLE 2,4,5 TRICARBOXYLIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST; CUTANEOUS PARAMETERS; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INDIVIDUAL TYPOLOGY ANGLE; MELANOCYTE; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; IMAGE PROCESSING; METABOLISM;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; EPIDERMIS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MELANINS; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

EID: 84944458996     PISSN: 17551471     EISSN: 1755148X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pcmr.12410     Document Type: Article

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