Scientific article
English

Oxidation causes melanin fluorescence

Published inInvestigative ophthalmology & visual science, vol. 42, no. 1, p. 241-246
Publication date2001
Abstract

The goal of this study is the characterization of the strong yellow fluorescence of oxidized melanin in the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) and the choroid.

Keywords
  • Choroid/drug effects/metabolism
  • Fluorescence
  • Humans
  • Hydrogen Peroxide/pharmacology
  • Male
  • Melanins/chemistry/metabolism
  • Microscopy, Fluorescence
  • Middle Aged
  • Oxidation-Reduction
  • Pigment Epithelium of Eye/drug effects/metabolism
  • Spectrometry, Fluorescence
  • Spectrophotometry
  • Time Factors
Affiliation entities Not a UNIGE publication
Citation (ISO format)
KAYATZ, P et al. Oxidation causes melanin fluorescence. In: Investigative ophthalmology & visual science, 2001, vol. 42, n° 1, p. 241–246.
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Journal ISSN0146-0404
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