Mushroom tyrosinase as an oxidant for the synthesis of 5,6-dihydroxyindole derivatives

✍ Scribed by Mu-Ill Lim; Dilip G. Patil

• Book ID: 104227777
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1987
• Tongue: French
• Weight: 211 KB
• Volume: 28
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0040-4039
• DOI: 10.1016/s0040-4039(00)96381-0

✦ Synopsis

Several catecholamines have been converted to 5,6-diacetoxyindole derivatives by the use of mushroom tyrosinase as oxidant.

Melanin1 is a biopolymer found throughout the animal and plant kingdoms. In animals, the black pigment eumelanin occurs in skin, hair, feathers, insect cuticles, malignant melanoma and the ink sac of the squid, while pheomelanin2 covers a broad spectrum of colors ranging from violet to yellow. Biosynthesis3