Title : The influence of melanins on the photoperoxidation of lipids.

Pub. Date : 1989 Jun

PMID : 2504900






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1 It has been shown that (a) melanins can function as a scavenger of the superoxide anion radical O2-. (pseudo-superoxide dismutase) and (b) melanins protect microsomes and liposomes against lipid peroxidation which is due to the absorption of light energy (filter effect). Melanins immunoglobulin kappa variable 1D-39 Homo sapiens