pH Stability and Antioxidant Power of CycloDOPA and Its Derivatives

CycloDOPA (leukodopachrome), a well known metabolite of tyrosine, is a precursor of melanine in mammalian organisms and of the pigment betalain in plants. However, the isolation of cycloDOPA from natural sources has not been widely reported. In the present work, the stabilities of cycloDOPA and cycl...

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Main Authors: Shiori Nakagawa, Zetryana Puteri Tachrim, Natsumi Kurokawa, Fumina Ohashi, Yasuko Sakihama, Takeyuki Suzuki, Yasuyuki Hashidoko, Makoto Hashimoto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-08-01
Series:Molecules
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/23/8/1943