Microbial melanin: Recent advances in biosynthesis, extraction, characterization, and applications

S Singh, SB Nimse, DE Mathew, A Dhimmar… - Biotechnology …, 2021 - Elsevier
Melanin is a common name for a group of biopolymers with the dominance of potential
applications in medical sciences, cosmeceutical, bioremediation, and bioelectronic …

Surface modification of water purification membranes

DJ Miller, DR Dreyer, CW Bielawski… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Polymeric membranes are an energy‐efficient means of purifying water, but they suffer from
fouling during filtration. Modification of the membrane surface is one route to mitigating …

Melanins and melanogenesis: from pigment cells to human health and technological applications

M d'Ischia, K Wakamatsu, F Cicoira… - Pigment cell & …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
During the past decade, melanins and melanogenesis have attracted growing interest for a
broad range of biomedical and technological applications. The burst of polydopamine …

Melanins: skin pigments and much more—types, structural models, biological functions, and formation routes

F Solano - New Journal of Science, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
This review presents a general view of all types of melanin in all types of organisms. Melanin
is frequently considered just an animal cutaneous pigment and is treated separately from …

Melanosomes: biogenesis, properties, and evolution of an ancient organelle

L D'Alba, MD Shawkey - Physiological reviews, 2019 - journals.physiology.org
Melanosomes are organelles that produce and store melanin, a widespread biological
pigment with a unique suite of properties including high refractive index, semiconducting …

Lignin peroxidase functionalities and prospective applications

AO Falade, UU Nwodo, BC Iweriebor… - …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Ligninolytic extracellular enzymes, including lignin peroxidase, are topical owing to their
high redox potential and prospective industrial applications. The prospective applications of …

Recent advances and progress on melanin-like materials and their biomedical applications

L Huang, M Liu, H Huang, Y Wen, X Zhang… - …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Melanins are well-known biopolymers that are ubiquitous in nature, distributed widely in
microorganisms, plants, and animals, and play significant physiological roles. They are …

[HTML][HTML] Fungal melanin: what do we know about structure?

JD Nosanchuk, RE Stark, A Casadevall - Frontiers in microbiology, 2015 - frontiersin.org
The production of melanin significantly enhances the virulence of many important human
pathogenic fungi. Despite fungal melanin's importance in human disease, as well as …

Melanins and melanogenesis: methods, standards, protocols

M d'Ischia, K Wakamatsu, A Napolitano… - Pigment cell & …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Despite considerable advances in the past decade, melanin research still suffers from the
lack of universally accepted and shared nomenclature, methodologies, and structural …

Melanin pigmentation in mammalian skin and its hormonal regulation

A Slominski, DJ Tobin, S Shibahara… - Physiological …, 2004 - journals.physiology.org
Cutaneous melanin pigment plays a critical role in camouflage, mimicry, social
communication, and protection against harmful effects of solar radiation. Melanogenesis is …