The pigment melanin is found in all living kingdoms and in many different structures and
forms. When its various functions are examined separately, its behaviors seem disparate …

Radionuclides in the environment are one of the major concerns to human health and
ecotoxicology. The explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant renewed interest in the …

Melanin can form supranuclear caps in human epidermis, suggesting that intracellular
melanin reduces ultraviolet transmission to underlying cell nuclei and inhibits the formation …

Melanin is both photosensitizer and photoprotector. Skin cancer rates decrease with
increasing constitutive pigmentation, yet the pigment has been shown to be photoreactive …

During the last 15 years, about 2000 strains of 200 species of 98 genera of fungi have been
isolated from around the Chernobyl Atomic Energy Station. Many of these microfungi are …

Melanin is the main pigment in animal skin. It is a heterogeneous polyphenolic molecule
with a generalized absorption in the UV− visible range synthesized in melanocytes, a kind of …

Photoacoustic calorimetry is used to examine the energy dissipation in melanin under
physiological conditions (pH 7.2) following irradiation by UV and visible (VIS) light. Four …

The induction of DNA breaks by UVA (320–400 nm) in the nucleus of normal human
melanocytes in culture was investigated using single cell gel electrophoresis, also called the …

Levofloxacin (LVFX) is a broad spectrum third generation fluoroquinolone antibiotic, used in
the treatment of severe or life‐threatening bacterial infections. Photosensitizing mechanism …

The aggregation‐dependent optical properties of eumelanin from human hair are examined.
When aggregation is increased, the absorption spectrum extends to lower energy. The …