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Melanins 
Insoluble polymers of TYROSINE derivatives found in and causing darkness in skin (SKIN PIGMENTATION), hair, and feathers providing protection against SUNBURN induced by SUNLIGHT. CAROTENES contribute yellow and red coloration.      Other names Phaeomelanins; Melanin; Allomelanins
 
SubstanceCAS Registry & nameCategoriesSourceDrugs*
melanin-concentrating hormone  67382-96-1   *Hypothalamic Hormones *Melanins *Pituitary Hormones Melanophores.  Gen Comp Endocrinol 37(1):64;1979
eumelanin  12627-86-0   *Melanins.  J Invest Dermatol 1984;83(1):12
neuromelanin  0   *Melanins.  J Neuropathol Exp Neurol 36(2):379;1977
pheomelanin  0   *Melanins.  Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 75(11):5395;1978
lipopigments  0   *Lipids Melanins Skin Pigmentation.  Mech Ageing Dev 1986;37(1):79
phaeomelanin  12627-61-1 Phaeomelanin  *Melanins.  Acta Derm Venereol (Stockh) 1979;59(5):453; Photochem Photobiol 26(6):651;1977
melanogen  0   *Indoles Melanins.  Acta Univ Carol (Med Monogr) (Praha) 78(pt.2):139;1977; Eur J Cancer 14:377;1978; J Chromatogr 154(1):117-22;1978; Lab Anim 9(1):21;1975; Neoplasma 1979;26(5):597
melanoproteins  0   *Melanins *Proteins Eye Proteins.  Biochim Biophys Acta 583(3):378;1979
dopamine melanin  0   *Melanins.  J Neurochem 1993 Jul;61(1):68-79
fluorescent age pigment  0   *Melanins Aging Fluorescent Dyes Lipid Peroxidation.  Mech Ageing Dev 1981;15(3):243
1,8-dihydroxynaphthalene melanin  0   *Melanins *Naphthols.  Infect Immun 2001 Mar;69(3):1781-94
diazoluminolmelanin  126815-81-4   *Melanins Luminol/*analogs & derivatives Biopolymers.  Free Radic Res Commun 8(2):115
pyomelanin  0   *Melanins.  Microbiol Immunol 1980;24(1):1
Thormaehlen positive melanogens  0   *Melanins.  Eur J Cancer 1980;16(3):383
melanin precursors  0   *Melanins.  J Protozool 1980;27(3):339
enomelanin  101802-09-9   *Melanins.  Farmakol Toksikol 1986;49(4):89
opiomelanin  0   *Melanins *Opioid Peptides.  Biochim Biophys Acta 1995 Jan 18;1243(1):71-7
SM II  0   *Melanins Invertebrate Hormones Decapodiformes.  Chem Pharm Bull (Tokyo) 1985;33(5):2052
melanin-concentrating hormone (2-17)  0   *Peptide Fragments *Pituitary Hormones Hypothalamic Hormones Melanins.  Peptides 1995;16(5):945-9
MR 566A  0   *Cyclopentanes *Nitriles Melanins/antagonists & inhibitors.  J Antibiot (Tokyo) 1997 Jun;50(6):469-73
MR 566B  0   *Cyclopentanes *Nitriles Melanins/antagonists & inhibitors.  J Antibiot (Tokyo) 1997 Jun;50(6):469-73
melanin-concentrating hormone, Phe(13),Tyr(19)  0   *Hypothalamic Hormones *Melanins *Pituitary Hormones.  J Neurochem 2000 Jan;74(1):385-91
methoxymelanin  69845-43-8 acetamide, N-(2-(5,6-dimethoxy-1H-indol-3-yl)ethyl)  *Melanins.  FEBS Lett 1980;122(2):237
5,6-dihydroxytryptamine-melanin  0   *Melanins.  Prog Clin Biol Res 1981;59(A):187
BU 3619E  132702-35-3 BU 3619E  Melanins/*antagonists & inhibitors.  J Antibiot (Tokyo) 1990;43(12):1601
3,4',5-trihydroxystilbene-4'-O-(2''-O-galloyl)glucopyranoside  105304-51-6   *Glucosides *Stilbenes Melanins/antagonists & inhibitors Monophenol Monooxygenase/antagonists & inhibitors.  Planta Med 1995 Oct;61(5):425-8
3,4',5-trihydroxystilbene-4'-O-(6''-O-galloyl)glucopyranoside  80446-63-5   *Glucosides *Stilbenes Melanins/antagonists & inhibitors Monophenol Monooxygenase/antagonists & inhibitors.  Planta Med 1995 Oct;61(5):425-8
(4-benzoylphenylalanyl(13),tyrosyl(19))-melanin  0   *Melanins.  J Pept Sci 1999 May;5(5):234-42
dihydroxyindole-melanin  0   *Indoles *Melanins.  J Inorg Biochem 2002 Apr 10;89(1-2):54-60
1,8-dihydroxynaphthalene monoglucoside  0   Melanins *Glucosides *Naphthols.  Can J Microbiol 2002 Apr;48(4):320-5
hexahydroxyperylenequinone melanin  0   *Melanins Perylene/*analogs & derivatives.  J Bacteriol. 2005 Dec;187(23):8149-55