Some indolic compounds as markers of the melanocyte activity.

C Hansson - Acta dermato-venereologica. Supplementum, 1988 - europepmc.org
The melanocyte activity was studied by analysis of the urinary excretion of indolic and
cysteinyldopa compounds. One eumelanin marker, 5, 6-dihydroxy-indole-2-carboxylic acid …

Assays for mammalian tyrosinase: a comparative study

JR JARA, F SOLANO, JA LOZANO - Pigment Cell Research, 1988 - Wiley Online Library
This work describes a comparative study of the tyrosinase activity determined using three
methods which are the most extensively employed; two radiometric assays using L‐tyrosine …

Biochemistry of melanin formation

AB Lerner, TB Fitzpatrick - Physiological reviews, 1950 - journals.physiology.org
ELANIN PIGMENTATION has aroused the curiosity and attention of man since the beginning
of recorded history. This interest stems in part from the social, protective and cosmetic …

Dopachrome conversion and dopa oxidase activities in recessive yellow mice: Catalytic activities of extracts from pheomelanic and eumelanic tissues

ML Lamoreux - Journal of Heredity, 1986 - academic.oup.com
The dope oxidase activity of tyroslnase and the dopachrome conversion activity of
dopachrome oxidoreductase (dopachrome conversion factor) are reduced in skin or hair …

5-Hydroxydopa, a new compound in the Raper-Mason scheme of melanogenesis

C Hansson, H Rorsman… - Acta Dermato …, 1980 - medicaljournalssweden.se
Oxidation of tyrosine or dopa by tyrosinase leads to the formation of 5-OH-dopa, a
compound previously unknown in melanogenesis. 5-OH-dopa, first detected as an unknown …

[引用][C] Part III: general considerations of skin pigmentation: the melanocyte: cytology and cytochemistry

TB Fitzpatrick, G Szabo - Journal of Investigative Dermatology, 1959 - Elsevier
202 THE JOURNAL OF INVESTIGATIVE DERMATOLOGY quinone, with protein. The
polymerization and coupling occur on the surface of a subcellular cytoplasmic particle, the …

[引用][C] Inhibition of melanogenesis by tissues and the control of intracellular autoxidations

HM HMSCH - Pigment cell biology, 1959 - Elsevier

[PDF][PDF] 5-S-cysteinyldopa in the urine of melanoma patients

G Agrup, P Agrup, T Andersson… - Acta Dermato …, 1977 - medicaljournalssweden.se
A newly discovered amino acid, 5-S-cysteinyldopa, present in the urine of healthy subjects is
excreted in pathological amounts in many patients suffering from melanoma metastases …

Tyrosinase activity in the pigmented cells of the nucleus substantiae nigrae. I. Monophenolase and diphenolase activity

CD Marsden - Journal of Cell Science, 1961 - journals.biologists.com
The method of formation of black pigment in cells of the nucleus substantiae nigrae has
been investigated by employing histochemical techniques which detect tyrosinase, the …

Co-regulation of melanin precursors and tyrosinase in human pigment cells: roles of cysteine and glutathione.

M Benathan, V Virador, M Furumura… - … Biology (Noisy-le …, 1999 - europepmc.org
Glutathione (GSH) and cysteine (CysH) have both been implicated in the biogenesis of the
pheomelanin precursor 5-S-cysteinyldopa (5-S-CD). However, recent studies have shown …