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Effect of Melanization on Thallus Microstructure in the Lichen Lobaria pulmonaria
Journal of Fungi, 2022 Lichens often grow in microhabitats where they experience severe abiotic stresses. Some species respond to high UV radiation by synthesizing dark brown melanic pigments in the upper cortex. However, unlike the melanized structures of non-lichenized fungi,
Amina G. Daminova +4 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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Biology, 2023 The natural colour of hair shafts is formed at the bulb of hair follicles, and it is coupled to the hair growth cycle. Three critical processes must happen for efficient pigmentation: (1) melanosome biogenesis in neural crest-derived melanocytes, (2) the
Bruno Fernandes +2 more
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Photodynamics of Melanin Radicals: Contribution to Photoprotection by Melanin†
Photochemistry and Photobiology, 2022 AbstractThe mechanism of very efficient relaxation of the melanin‐photoexcited states, responsible for the photoprotective action of the pigment, remains a subject for intense investigation. The most recent study by C. Grieco, F. Kohl, and B. Kohler, entitled “Ultrafast radical photogeneration pathways in eumelanin,” addresses key issues of melanin ...
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Melanins as Sustainable Resources for Advanced Biotechnological Applications
Global Challenges, 2021 Melanins are a class of biopolymers that are widespread in nature and have diverse origins, chemical compositions, and functions. Their chemical, electrical, optical, and paramagnetic properties offer opportunities for applications in materials science ...
Hanaa A. Galeb +8 more
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Studying grain color diversity in the barley collection of VIR
Труды по прикладной ботанике, генетике и селекции, 2022 Background. Dark color of barley grain (Hordeum vulgare L.) can be caused by the synthesis and accumulation of two types of polyphenolic pigments – anthocyanins and melanins, which perform important functions in plant life, participating in the ...
A. Y. Glagoleva +4 more
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Ultraviolet radiation and melanogenesis [PDF]
Archive of Oncology, 2004 Light radiation is a part of the electromagnetic radiation, and it consists of the ultraviolet (UV) radiation, visible light, and infrared radiation.
Stanojević Milenko R. +3 more
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Nature, 1952 IN further attempts to find a solvent for melanin which would be of use in histological work, the following substances have been found to dissolve, in the cold, the pigments extracted from the ink sac of Sepia officinalis and melanoma tissue, and those prepared from adrenaline and 3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine (dopa): ethylene glycol monomethyl ether ...
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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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Melanins of Inonotus Obliquus: Bifidogenic and Antioxidant Properties
Biomolecules, 2019 Extracts and melanins from Inonotus obliquus are widely used in medicine due to their high antioxidant properties. This study is dedicated to define the influence of the physicochemical and antioxidant properties of Inonotus obliquus melanins and their ...
Marina A. Burmasova +3 more
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