CHEBI:25179 - melanins

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ChEBI Name melanins
ChEBI ID CHEBI:25179
Definition Melanin is a class of polyphenol compounds, which mainly serve as pigments in plants, animals and protists. The most common biological form is eumelanin.
Stars This entity has not been annotated and is a preliminary ChEBI entity.
Secondary ChEBI IDs CHEBI:6727
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Biological Role(s): biological pigment
An endogenous molecular entity that results in a colour of an organism as the consequence of the selective absorption of light.
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