Structural characterization of melanin pigments from commercial preparations of the edible mushroom Auricularia auricula

Agriculture & Biology

• Auricularia auricula 100%
• melanin 66%
• mushrooms 60%
• pigments 46%
• eumelanin 16%
• ionizing radiation 6%
• carboxylic acids 5%
• image analysis 4%
• electron microscopy 4%
• physicochemical properties 4%
• mouth 4%
• cell walls 4%
• carbon 3%
• fungi 3%
• mice 3%
• methodology 1%

Medicine & Life Sciences

• Agaricales 76%
• Melanins 71%
• eumelanin 18%
• 1,8-dihydroxynaphthalene 12%
• 5,6-dihydroxyindole 11%
• 5,6-dihydroxy-2-indolylcarboxylic acid 11%
• Ionizing Radiation 5%
• Cell Wall 5%
• Carbon 5%
• Free Radicals 5%
• Fungi 5%
• Electron Microscopy 4%
• Health 2%
• Population 2%

Chemical Compounds

• Melanin 76%
• Eumelanin 16%
• 5,6-dihydroxyindole-2-carboxylic Acid 9%
• 5,6-dihydroxyindole 8%
• Radioprotective 8%
• Ionizing Radiation 6%
• Electron Microscopy 4%
• Free Radical 4%
• Elemental Analysis 3%
• Carbon Atom 2%