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THE identity of natural and synthetically prepared melanins is still not proved1–3. My investigations suggest that some of the members of these two classes of melanins possess a similar structure.
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STEIN, W. A Comparison of some Natural and Synthetic Melanins. Nature 174, 601–602 (1954). https://doi.org/10.1038/174601a0
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