Melanin (/ˈmɛlənɪn/ ; from Ancient Greek μέλας (mélas) 'black, dark') is a family of biomolecules organized as oligomers or polymers, which among other...
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Hyperpigmentation (redirect from Melanin hyperpigmentation)
Hyperpigmentation is the darkening of an area of skin or nails caused by increased melanin. Hyperpigmentation can be caused by sun damage, inflammation, or other...
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Melanin theory is a set of pseudoscientific claims made by some proponents of Afrocentrism, which holds that black people, including ancient Egyptians...
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Melanocytes are melanin-producing neural crest-derived cells located in the bottom layer (the stratum basale) of the skin's epidermis, the middle layer...
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Radiotrophic fungus (section Role of melanin)
Plant. Most radiotrophic fungi use melanin in some capacity to survive. The process of using radiation and melanin for energy has been termed radiosynthesis...
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Hypopigmentation (redirect from Diminished melanin formation)
caused by melanocyte or melanin depletion, or a decrease in the amino acid tyrosine, which is used by melanocytes to make melanin. Some common genetic causes...
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Khoudia Diop (redirect from Melanin Goddess)
Khoudia Diop, also known as the Melanin Goddess, (born 31 December 1996) is a Senegalese fashion model and actress. Khoudia Diop was teased as a child...
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absence of melanin in particular, in the eyes, skin, hair, scales, feathers or cuticle. While an organism with complete absence of melanin is called an...
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"Melanin Magic", alternatively "Melanin Magic (Pretty Brown)", is a song by American rapper Remy Ma featuring American singer Chris Brown. It was written...
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Dopamine (redirect from Dopamine-melanin)
is a type of melanin, known as dopamine-melanin, that can be synthesized by oxidation of dopamine via the enzyme tyrosinase. The melanin that darkens...
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Examples of albino laboratory mammals Albinism is the congenital absence of melanin in an animal or plant resulting in white hair, feathers, scales and skin...
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Human skin color (section Melanin and genes)
substances, although the single most important substance is the pigment melanin. Melanin is produced within the skin in cells called melanocytes and it is the...
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Heterochromia is determined by the production, delivery, and concentration of melanin (a pigment). It may be inherited, or caused by genetic mosaicism, chimerism...
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depending on the concentration of melanin in the iris pigment epithelium (located on the back of the iris), the melanin content within the iris stroma (located...
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hair follicles and shafts due to two types of melanin: eumelanin and pheomelanin. Generally, the more melanin present, the darker the hair. Its tone depends...
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an increased number of the melanin-producing cells, or melanocytes, but instead have melanocytes that overproduce melanin granules (melanosomes) changing...
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Amelanism (section Melanins and melanin production)
pigmentation abnormality characterized by the lack of pigments called melanins, commonly associated with a genetic loss of tyrosinase function. Amelanism...
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more melanin in it. Moderate amounts of melanin make hazel, dark blue and green eyes. In eyes that contain both particles and melanin, melanin absorbs...
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Vladimir Mikhailovich Melanin (Russian: Владимир Михайлович Меланьин; 1 December 1933 – 10 August 1994) was a Soviet biathlete. He won an Olympic gold...
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Moderate exposure to direct sunlight contributes to the production of melanin and vitamin D by the body. Excessive exposure to ultraviolet rays has negative...
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Phina (redirect from Phina (Melanin Queen))
Sarah Michael Kitinga (famously known as Phina, born in 1996) is a Tanzanian singer and songwriter. Her songs such as Rara, Superwoman, Manu, Sponsor,...
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Whitney White (redirect from Melanin Haircare)
beautiful hair. In October 2018, White and her sister Taffeta White launched Melanin Haircare,[excessive citations] a hair care company selling natural products...
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Melanocyte-stimulating hormone (redirect from Melanin-activating peptide)
MSH in response to ultraviolet light, where it increases synthesis of melanin.: 441 Some neurons in arcuate nucleus of the hypothalamus make and secrete...
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Melanism is the congenital excess of melanin in an organism resulting in dark pigment. Pseudomelanism, also called abundism, is another variant of pigmentation...
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Melanin-concentrating hormone (MCH), also known as pro-melanin stimulating hormone (PMCH), is a cyclic 19-amino acid orexigenic hypothalamic peptide originally...
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enzyme for controlling the production of melanin. The enzyme is mainly involved in two distinct reactions of melanin synthesis otherwise known as the Raper–Mason...
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freckles, melasma, and other forms of hyperpigmentation where excess melanin is a concern, providing a more even skin complexion. For this purpose,...
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to their lack of a genetically caused melanin pigmentation. The brown to black colour is melanin. In skin, melanin prevents harmful UV-light from reaching...
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contributes substantially to normal iris color is the dark pigment melanin. The quantity of melanin pigment in the iris is one factor in determining the phenotypic...
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of melanocytes (cells in the dermal layer, which transfer the pigment melanin to the keratinocytes of skin) when the skin is exposed to ultraviolet light...
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