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Antioxidants, 2020 Eumelanins, the dark variant of skin pigments, are endowed with a remarkable antioxidant activity and well-recognized photoprotective properties that have been ascribed to pigment components derived from the biosynthetic precursor 5,6-dihydroxyindole-2 ...
Davide Liberti +4 more
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Fungal Melanin and the Mammalian Immune System
Journal of Fungi, 2021 Melanins are ubiquitous complex polymers that are commonly known in humans to cause pigmentation of our skin. Melanins are also present in bacteria, fungi, and helminths.
Sichen Liu +3 more
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Melanin Chemistry and Melanin Precursors in Melanoma
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Kazumasa Wakamatsu, Shosuke Ito
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Melanin from the nitrogen-fixing bacterium Azotobacter chroococcum: a spectroscopic characterization. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 Melanins, the ubiquitous hetero-polymer pigments found widely dispersed among various life forms, are usually dark brown/black in colour. Although melanins have variety of biological functions, including protection against ultraviolet radiation of ...
Aulie Banerjee +2 more
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Journal of Fungi, 2023 Natural colorants, mostly of plant and fungal origins, offer advantages over chemically synthetic colorants in terms of alleviating environmental pollution and promoting human health.
Lan Lin, Tong Zhang, Jianping Xu
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Melanisation in Boreal Lichens Is Accompanied by Variable Changes in Non-Photochemical Quenching
Plants, 2022 Lichens often grow in microhabitats where they absorb more light than they can use for fixing carbon, and this excess energy can cause the formation of harmful reactive oxygen species (ROS).
Nqobile Truelove Ndhlovu +3 more
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Production of Melanins With Recombinant Microorganisms
Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 2019 The melanins constitute a diverse group of natural products found in most organisms, having functions related to protection against chemical and physical stresses.
Luz María Martínez +2 more
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Scientific Reports, 2022 The design of modern devices that can fulfil the requirements for sustainability and renewable energy applications calls for both new materials and a better understanding of the mixing of existing materials.
Alessandro Pira +6 more
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Current Issues in Molecular Biology, 2022 RPE65, an abundant membrane-associated protein present in the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE), is a vital retinoid isomerase necessary for regenerating 11-cis-retinaldehyde from all-trans retinol in the visual cycle.
Mirjana Bjeloš +4 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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