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Giuseppe Prota is affiliated with the University of Naples Federico II in Italy. Their academic profile includes involvement in various research activities within this institution.

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Best Publications

  • Melanins and melanogenesis

    Giuseppe Prota

  • Recent Advances in the Chemistry of Melanogenesis in Mammals

    Giuseppe Prota

  • Progress in the chemistry of melanins and related metabolites

    Giuseppe Prota

  • Mechanism of inhibition of melanogenesis by hydroquinone.

    Anna Palumbo;Marco d'Ischia;Giovanna Misuraca;Giuseppe Prota

  • Eumelanins and pheomelanins: characterization by electron spin resonance spectroscopy

    Roger C. Sealy;James S. Hyde;Christopher C. Felix;I. A. Menon

  • The inherent cytotoxicity of melanin precursors: a revision.

    Kazunori Urabe;Pilar Aroca;Katsuhiko Tsukamoto;Donatella Mascagna

  • Effect of metal ions on the rearrangement of dopachrome.

    Anna Palumbo;Marco d'Ischia;Giovanna Misuraca;Giuseppe Prota

  • Iron-Mediated Generation of the Neurotoxin 6-Hydroxydopamine Quinone by Reaction of Fatty Acid Hydroperoxides with Dopamine: A Possible Contributory Mechanism for Neuronal Degeneration in Parkinson's Disease

    Alessandro Pezzella;Marco d'Ischia;Alessandra Napolitano;Giovanna Misuraca

  • Characterization of melanins in human irides and cultured uveal melanocytes from eyes of different colors

    Giuseppe Prota;Dan-Ning Hu;Dan-Ning Hu;Maria R. Vincensi;Steven A. McCORMICK;Steven A. McCORMICK

  • Melanins, melanogenesis and melanocytes: looking at their functional significance from the chemist's viewpoint.

    Giuseppe Prota

  • An integrated approach to the structure of Sepia melanin. Evidence for a high proportion of degraded 5,6-dihydroxyindole-2-carboxylic acid units in the pigment backbone

    Alessandro Pezzella;Marco d'Ischia;Alessandra Napolitano;Anna Palumbo

  • Peroxidase as an alternative to tyrosinase in the oxidative polymerization of 5,6-dihydroxyindoles to melanin(s).

    Marco d'Ischia;Alessandra Napolitano;Giuseppe Prota

  • Phaeomelanin versus eumelanin as a chemical indicator of ultraviolet sensitivity in fair-skinned subjects at high risk for melanoma: a pilot study

    Vincensi Mr;d'Ischia M;Napolitano A;Procaccini Em

  • The chemistry of melanins and melanogenesis.

    G. Prota

  • Generation of the neurotoxin 6-hydroxydopamine by peroxidase/H2O2 oxidation of dopamine.

    Alessandra Napolitano;Orlando Crescenzi;Alessandro Pezzella;Giuseppe Prota

  • Hair melanins and hair color: Ultrastructural and biochemical aspects

    Jean-Paul Ortonne;Jean-Paul Ortonne;Giuseppe Prota;Giuseppe Prota

  • Adrenalin oxidation revisited. New products beyond the adrenochrome stage

    Marco d'Ischia;Anna Palumbo;Giuseppe Prota

  • Oxidative degradation of melanins to pyrrole acids: A model study

    Alessandra Napolitano;Alessandro Pezzella;M.Rosaria Vincensi;Giuseppe Prota

  • Comparative action of dopachrome tautomerase and metal ions on the rearrangement of dopachrome.

    Anna Palumbo;Francisco Solano;Giovanna Misuraca;Pilar Aroca

  • Comparative analysis of melanins and melanosomes produced by various coat color mutants.

    Giuseppe Prota;M. Lynn Lamoreux;Jacqueline Muller;Takeshi Kobayashi

Frequent Co-Authors

Marco d'Ischia
Marco d'Ischia University of Naples Federico II
Alessandra Napolitano
Alessandra Napolitano University of Naples Federico II
Alessandro Pezzella
Alessandro Pezzella University of Naples Federico II
Ettore Novellino
Ettore Novellino University of Naples Federico II
Shosuke Ito
Shosuke Ito Fujita Health University
Roberta Seraglia
Roberta Seraglia National Research Council (CNR)
Vincent J. Hearing
Vincent J. Hearing National Institutes of Health
Francisco Solano
Francisco Solano University of Murcia
Franco Quadrifoglio
Franco Quadrifoglio University of Udine
John D. Taylor
John D. Taylor Wayne State University

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