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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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Modeling Fungal Melanin Buildup: Biomimetic Polymerization of 1,8-Dihydroxynaphthalene Mapped by Mass Spectrometry [PDF]
, 2017 Due to the emerging biomedical relevance and technological potential of fungal melanins, and prompted by the virtual lack of information about their structural arrangement, an optimized synthetic protocol has been devised for a potential structural model
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Microbial melanins for radioprotection and bioremediation
Microbial Biotechnology, 2017 Microbial melanins provide a biocompatible and scalable approach for bioremediation and radioprotection technologies due to their physicochemical properties.
Radames J. B. Cordero +2 more
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Nukleonika, 2015 Free radicals in synthetic melanin and melanin from Sepia officinalis were studied by electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy. The effect of time of ultraviolet (UV) irradiation on free radicals in these melanins was tested.
Zdybel Magdalena, Pilawa Barbara
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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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5,6-dihydroxyindole-2-carboxylic acid (DHICA): a First Principles Density-Functional Study
, 2004 We report first principles density functional calculations for 5,6-dihydroxyindole-2-carboxylic acid (DHICA) and several reduced forms. DHICA and 5,6-dihydroxyindole (DHI) are believed to be the basic building blocks of the eumelanins.
B.J. Powell +29 more
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A Histopathological Exploration of the Madurella mycetomatis Grain [PDF]
, 2013 Although the Madurella mycetomatis grains seem to interfere with the host defense mechanisms and impede the antifungal drugs penetration, yet their histological features are not fully known and hence this study was set out to determine that.
El-Hassan, A.M. (Ahmed Mohamed) +3 more
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PLoS ONE, 2016 Terbinafine is a recommended therapeutic alternative for patients with sporotrichosis who cannot use itraconazole due to drug interactions or side effects.
R. Almeida-Paes +5 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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Towards Structure-Property-Function Relationships for Eumelanin
, 2005 We discuss recent progress towards the establishment of important structure-property-function relationships in eumelanins - key functional bio-macromolecular systems responsible for photo-protection and immune response in humans, and implicated in the ...
Ben J. Powell +46 more
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