Melanin

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Used for

melanin inhibitor

Broader Terms

pigment

Facts (generated by robot; please edit if you find it inaccurate)

  • Melanin is synthesized within these cells, in organelles called melanosomes.
  • Chemical structure Melanin is a very complex absorbing material.
  • Yet, melanin is not an alkaloid, and there is no evidence that melanin co-polymerizes with cocaine in vivo.
  • Jean-Eudes Lepelletier: I'm Jean from France- and my question is, how is it possible to make all of the colors of the human body out of the single pigment melanin? DB: Jean, you're right -- melanin is what causes the spectrum of colors in human skin and hair.
  • com Bioessays, 1992 Jan;14(1):49-56 The function of melanin or six blind people examine an elephant.
  • The distribution of melanin in the epidermis.
  • The Spectroscopy of Melanin: The Role of Small Melanin Particles in Generating Free Radicals John D.
  • Melanocytes make a dark chemical called "melanin".

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