Staining of skin with dihydroxyacetone. [Science. 1960]

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1: Science. 1960 Sep 30;132:894-5. Links

Staining of skin with dihydroxyacetone.

WITTGENSTEIN E, BERRY HK.

The reaction of skin with dihydroxyacetone to produce a brown "artificial tan" appears to proceed through combination with free amino groups in skin proteins, and particularly by combination of dihydroxyacetone with the free guanido group in arginine.

PMID: 13845496 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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