Melanin
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- 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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