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noun - insoluble pigments that account for the color of e.g. skin and scales and feathers
noun - a dark pigment
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Plural form of melanin. |
bMelaninb: The pigment that gives human skin, hair, and eyes their color. Dark-skinned people have more bmelaninb in their skin than light-skinned people have. bMelaninb is produced by cells called melanocytes. |
A dark brown to black pigment occurring in the hair, skin, and iris of the eye in people and animals. It is responsible for tanning of skin exposed to sunlight. |
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Melanin ( ( listen); from Greek: melas, "black, dark") is a broad term for a group of natural pigments found in most organisms. Melanin is produced by the oxidation of the amino acid tyrosine, followed by polymerization. The melanin pigments are produced in a specialized group of cells known as melanocytes. * There are three basic types of melanin: eumelanin, pheomelanin, and neuromelanin. The most common type is eumelanin, of which there are two typesbrown eumelanin and black eumelanin. Pheomelanin is a cysteine-derivative that contains polybenzothiazine portions that are largely responsible for the color of red hair, among other pigmentation. Neuromelanin is found in the brain, though its function remains obscure.In the human skin, melanogenesis is initiated by exposure to UV radiation, causing the skin to darken. Melanin is an effective absorbent of light; the pigment is able to dissipate over 99.9% of absorbed UV radiation. Because of this property, melanin is thought to protect ski |