Staining of Skin with Dihydroxyacetone
- 30 September 1960
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 132 (3431) , 894-895
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.132.3431.894
Abstract
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.Keywords
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