The fundamental building blocks of red human hair pheomelanin are isoquinoline-containing dimers

Uncovering the Structure of Human Red Hair Pheomelanin: Benzothiazolylthiazinodihydroisoquinolines As Key Building Blocks

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The Red and the Black

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Zinc-induced Structural Effects Enhance Oxygen Consumption and Superoxide Generation in Synthetic Pheomelanins on UVA/Visible Light Irradiation†

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Isomeric cysteinyldopas provide a (photo)degradable bulk component and a robust structural element in red human hair pheomelanin

(2009) Giorgia Greco et al.   Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research

Chemical analysis of late stages of pheomelanogenesis: conversion of dihydrobenzothiazine to a benzothiazole structure

(2009) Kazumasa Wakamatsu et al.   Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research

Different Molecular Constituents in Pheomelanin are Responsible for Emission, Transient Absorption and Oxygen Photoconsumption

(2008) Tong Ye et al.   PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY

The "Benzothiazine" Chromophore of Pheomelanins: A Reassessment

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