Biological Perspectives on Human Pigmentation

ISBN: 9780521020206 出版年：1991 页码：268 Ashley H Robins Cambridge University Press

Preface Acknowledgements 1. Biology of the pigment cell 2. The biochemical and hormonal control of pigmentation 3. Ultraviolet radiation and the pigmentary system 4. Functions of melanin 5. Non-cutaneous melanin: distribution, nature and relationship to skin melanin 6. The properties and possible functions of non-cutaneous melanin 7. Measurement of skin colour 8. Disorders of hyperpigmentation 9. Disorders of hypopigmentation 10. Skin colour and society: the social-biological interface 11. The evolution of skin colour References Index.