The pigment that gives human skin, hair, and eyes their color. Dark-skinned people have more melanin in their skin than light-skinned people have. Melanin is produced by cells called melanocytes. It provides some protection again skin damage from the sun, and the melanocytes increase their production of melanin in response to sun exposure. Freckles [..]

A pigment that gives color to skin and eyes and helps protect it from damage by ultraviolet light.

The term for the dark pigment in the cells of skin and hair

dark brown or black pigment found in animal bodies, 1832, Modern Latin, with chemical suffix -in (2); first element from Greek melas (genitive melanos) "black," from PIE root *mel- (2) " [..]

Black or dark-brown pigment found in plant or animal structures. melanism

Dark pigment that provides color to hair, skin and choroid of the eye.

(n) insoluble pigments that account for the color of e.g. skin and scales and feathers

A substance that gives the skin, hair, and eyes their natural color.

a dark brown pigment of the skin, eyes, and hair of animals, especially vertebrates, that is produced in epidermal cells called melanophores or melanocytes.

Ever wonder where your skin gets its color? It comes from the magic "m" word: melanin! This natural pigment is what gives your skin its special hue. The darker your skin, the more melanin yo [..]

Melanin refers to groups of pigments which colour the skin, hands and eyes.

a dark brown pigment found in the skin.

Insoluble Polymers of Tyrosine derivatives found in and causing Darkness in Skin (Skin Pigmentation), Hair, and feathers providing protection against Sunburn induced by Sunlight. CAROTENES contribute [..]

Pigment produced by skin or melanocyte cells that give the skin a darker hue.

A pigment that gives color to skin and eyes and helps protect it from damage by ultraviolet light.

An insoluble polymer derived from amino acids that produce dark pigments in insects.

The brown pigment which gives the skin its colour. Its role is to protect the body against the damaging effect of the ultraviolet rays present in sunlight and tanning machines in solariums.

Melanin is the dark pigment in hair and skin.

A pigment that is found everywhere in nature. In humans, it gives us our hair colour and is the main pigment that determines skin colour. The melanin in the skin is produced by melanocytes, which are [..]

The pigment that gives color to hair, skin, the substantia nigra of the brain, and the choroids of the eye. Exposure to sunlight stimulates melanin production. It can be prepared chemically. It is present in cancers such as melanoma.

Melanin is the pigment responsible in humans for skin colour, and which protects the skin against harmful UV radiation. The increased production of melanin in human skin is called melanogenesis.

Natural substance that gives colour (pigment) to hair and skin.

Substance used by invertebrates to (among other functions) encapsulate parasites. See proPO system.

Natural substance that gives colour (pigment) to hair and skin.

Brown pigment that gives skin its colour.