… into l-DOPA and other oxidation products, which are reactive among themselves, favoring
self-polymerization and production of two main types of melanin: eumelanin and pheomelanin. …

… properties of photodegraded melanin may result from the depletion of its catechol units. This
… Photodegradation of eumelanin and pheomelanin and its pathophysiological implications. …

… However, it should be noted that pheomelanin, unlike eumelanin, undergoes photodegradation
under the influence of UV radiation, resulting in the production of hydrogen peroxide, …

… and indole units, with cysteine in its pheomelanin core and eumelanin on its surface [76]. …
Nigrasomes should contain pheomelanin in the core and eumelanin on the surface [77]. …

… We also analyzed possible phototoxic effects of photodegraded hair melanosomes of …
Therefore, the conversion of pheomelanin subunits accompanying photodegradation would …

… of melanins into three groups: eumelanin (EM), pheomelanin (PM), and allomelanins—the …
ii) describes the application of our methods to study photodegradation of EM and PM, and (iii) …

… Table 1 shows the masses responsible for the photodegradation products by melanin in
both the melanosomes and melanolipofuscin granules. The assignments were proposed …

… Although eumelanin and pheomelanin derive from the common precursor dopaquinone, …
study, it was demonstrated that partially photodegraded 5-S-cysteinyldopa melanin, which …

… It is resistant to photodegradation, and eumelanin–rich melanosomes remain intact … We
quantified the basal eumelanin, pheomelanin, and total melanin contents and compared these …

… impact of melanin synthesis on these diseases, considering the divergent roles of
eumelanin and pheomelanin, melanin types present in both skin and brain cells. Additionally, it …