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Chemistry – A European JournalAbstractMelanin is responsible, in Nature, for photoprotection, for this reason it is expected to be poorly photoreactive. However, the photo‐reactivity of melanin and related materials is well documented. Here we discuss some relevant recent examples to demonstrate that, indeed, the actual mechanism of interaction of melanin with light is complex and ...
Menichetti A., Mordini D., Montalti M.
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Melanin-like Nanoparticles Boosted the Photoprotective Efficiency and Stability of Sanshool [PDF]
, 2023 Sanshool, a naturally occurring molecule from Zanthoxylum xanthoxylum, is an essential component preventing photodamage; however, inherent instabilities and the potential risk of skin permeation limit its further application.
Tianyou Wang (302431) +17 more
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Evaluating the “Darkness” of Melanin Materials. [PDF]
, 2020 We developed a mathematical process to quantify the apparent darkness of solutions containing melanin-like materials. The visible portion of their UV-Vis spectra is model using an exponential equation.
Koen, Vercruysse
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Structure Prediction from Melanin Spectra amidst Dynamical Heterogeneity [PDF]
, 2023 Melanin is a biopolymer pigment that plays a central role in skin photoprotection. Its extensive chemical and dynamical heterogeneity impart this property through a broad featureless ultraviolet/visible absorption spectrum. Conventionally, the ra- tional
Arpan, Choudhury +2 more
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Melanin-concentrating hormone regulates the hypercapnic chemoreflex by acting in the lateral hypothalamic area [PDF]
, 2022 Melanin-concentrating hormone (MCH) is a hypothalamic neuropeptide involved in a broad range of homeostatic functions including regulation of the hypercapnic chemoreflex.
Luciane Gargaglioni (8795369) +3 more
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SPECTRAL PROPERTIES OF TWO WATER-SOLUBLE MELANINS [PDF]
Biotechnologia ActaAim. The work was purposed to study the spectral properties of two types of water-soluble melanins to clarify the nature of the optical absorption and emission centers in them. Materials and methods.
V.M. Kravchenko +8 more
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Identification of fungal melanin production and the role of anti-melanin agents
Pakistan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2023 Accumulation of melanin pigment in some specific areas of human skin leads to various skin disorders. This study includes melanin production and extraction from non-dermatophyte, filamentous fungi (Aspergillus niger).
Saba Iqbal, Fatima Ismail
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Melanin Chemistry and Melanin Precursors in Melanoma
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Ito, Shosuke, Wakamatsu, Kazumasa
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Melanin and Melanin-Like Hybrid Materials in Regenerative Medicine [PDF]
Nanomaterials, 2020 Melanins are a group of dark insoluble pigments found widespread in nature. In mammals, the brown-black eumelanins and the reddish-yellow pheomelanins are the main determinants of skin, hair, and eye pigmentation and play a significant role in photoprotection as well as in many biological functions ensuring homeostasis.
Chiara Cavallini +9 more
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Melanin Promotes Spore Production in the Rice Blast Fungus Magnaporthe oryzae
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022 The rice blast pathogen, Magnaporthe oryzae, spreads through spores and invades rice through appressoria. Melanin is necessary for an appressorium to penetrate plant cells, but there are many unknown aspects of its role in fungal conidiation.
Pengyun Huang +9 more
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