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High refractive index of melanin in shiny occipital feathers of a bird of paradise [PDF]
, 2015 Male Lawes's Parotia, a bird of paradise, use the highly directional reflection of the structurally colored, brilliant-silvery occipital feathers in their courtship display.
BD Wilts +18 more
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Melanin ‘dust’ or ‘ghost’? [PDF]
Experimental Dermatology, 2016 To definitely verify the dogma of ‘melanin dust’ in the stratum corneum, Tobin et al have now reported a careful review of the literature with a vis-à-vis of the Fontana Masson (FM) and Von Kossa (VK) histochemical methods plus the Warthin-Starry (WS) stain on very thin cryosections of normal human skin and mouse pelage skin epidermis lacking ...
D'ISCHIA, MARCO +3 more
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Nanomaterials, 2017 Melanin plays an indispensable role in the human body. It serves as a biological reducer for the green synthesis of precious metal nanoparticles. Melanin–Ag nanocomposites were successfully produced which exhibited very strong surface-enhanced Raman ...
Haixin Dong +8 more
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Experimental and theoretical evidence for molecular forces driving surface segregation in photonic colloidal assemblies [PDF]
, 2019 Surface segregation in binary colloidal mixtures offers a simple way to control both surface and bulk properties without affecting their bulk composition. Here, we combine experiments and coarse-grained molecular dynamics (CG-MD) simulations to delineate
Dhinojwala, Ali +8 more
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Frontiers in Medicine, 2023 IntroductionImmigrants to Western countries tend to have darker skin than native-born populations. We examined the relationship between skin melanin and serum vitamin D (vitD) [S-25(OH)D] levels and explored whether melanin levels explained S-25(OH)D ...
Said Yousef +13 more
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Human hypocretin and melanin-concentrating hormone levels are linked to emotion and social interaction. [PDF]
, 2013 The neurochemical changes underlying human emotions and social behaviour are largely unknown. Here we report on the changes in the levels of two hypothalamic neuropeptides, hypocretin-1 and melanin-concentrating hormone, measured in the human amygdala ...
Behnke, Eric J +9 more
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Structural and Functional Tailoring of Melanin-Like Polydopamine Radical Scavengers
, 2020 Melanin is a ubiquitous but poorly understood polymeric, dark brown to black pigment biomaterial found both in nature and by organic synthesis.
Peng Yang +3 more
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Evaluation of gingival melanin pigmentation in pediatric population– An observational study
Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2019 Aim: The aim of this study is to evaluate the gingival melanin pigmentation in the Indian pediatric population. The aim of this study is to find any association between age and melanin distribution, age and intensity of melanin distribution, sex and ...
Jerusha Santa Packyanathan, G Lavanya
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Genomic Analysis and Assessment of Melanin Synthesis in Amorphotheca resinae KUC3009
Journal of Fungi, 2021 This study reports the draft genome of Amorphotheca resinae KUC30009, a fungal isolate with promising industrial-scale melanin production potential. The mechanisms for melanin or melanin-related pigment formation of this strain were examined through ...
Jeong-Joo Oh +7 more
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From Extraction to Advanced Analytical Methods: The Challenges of Melanin Analysis
International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2019 The generic term “melanin“ describes a black pigment of biological origin, although some melanins can be brown or even yellow. The pigment is characterized as a heterogenic polymer of phenolic or indolic nature, and the classification of eu-, pheo- and ...
I. Pralea +11 more
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