TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Overview of Melanin Production
A1  - Baumann, Leslie
Y1  - 2015
N1  - 
T2  - Cosmeceuticals and Cosmetic Ingredients
AB  - Melanin  production  occurs  inside  the  melanosomes  located  in  the  melanocytes.  The  process  of  melanin  synthesis  begins  with  the  hydroxylation  of  tyrosine  to  3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine  (DOPA)  using  the  enzyme  tyrosinase  (Figure  33-1).1  Two  types  of  melanin  are  produced:  eumelanin  and  pheomelanin.  The  relative  amounts  of  these  two  forms  of  melanin  determine  hair  color  and  skin  tone.  Individuals  with  darker  skin  tones  have  mostly  eumelanin  and  a  lower  level  of  pheomelanin,  while  the  opposite  is  true  in  people  with  a  light  skin  color.  
SN  - 
PB  - McGraw-Hill Education
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/18
UR  - dermatology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1174542010
ER  -