Melanin

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   2. <skos:prefLabel xml:lang="nl">melanine</skos:prefLabel>

   3. <skos:prefLabel xml:lang="es">melanina</skos:prefLabel>

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   5. <skos:note xml:lang="en">Dark biological pigment (biochrome) that produces buff, red-brown, brown, and black colors. Melanin occur widely in the feathers of birds; in hair, eyes, and skin of mammals, including humans; in skin or scales of many fishes, amphibians, and reptiles; in the ink of cephalopods (octopus, squid); and in various tissues of many invertebrates. Melanin protects the skin from ultraviolet radiation, and an increase in melanin is responsible for the so-called tanning of human skin exposed to sunlight. It is used as a colorant, particularly as it occurs in cuttlefish ink.</skos:note>

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