Melanin is a common name for a group of biopolymers with the dominance of potential
applications in medical sciences, cosmeceutical, bioremediation, and bioelectronic …

There are several interrelated mechanisms involving iron, dopamine, and neuromelanin in
neurons. Neuromelanin accumulates during aging and is the catecholamine-derived …

Melanin is a natural pigment produced within organelles, melanosomes, located in
melanocytes. Biological functions of melanosomes are often attributed to the unique …

Melanins can be classified into two major groups—insoluble brown to black pigments
termed eumelanin and alkali‐soluble yellow to reddish‐brown pigments termed …

“Pigmentation, which is primarily determined by the amount, the type, and the distribution of
melanin, shows a remarkable diversity in human populations, and in this sense, it is an …

Tyrosinases are widely distributed in nature. They are copper‐containing oxidases
belonging to the type 3 copper protein family, together with catechol oxidases and …

Melanogenesis is the unique process of producing pigmented biopolymers that are
sequestered within melanosomes, which provides color to the skin, hair and eyes of animals …

Tyrosinase is a key enzyme target to design new chemical ligands against melanogenesis.
In the current review, different chemical derivatives are explored which have been used as …

Variance in iris color is related to the incidence of several important ocular diseases,
including uveal melanoma and age‐related macular degeneration. The purposes of this …

Melanin is a biopolymer well-known for its intriguing chemical structure and physiological
functions including photoprotection, radical scavenging, and metal-ion chelation. Although it …