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LP15724-5   Melanin
Melanin is a class of compounds found in plants, animals, and protists, where it serves predominantly as a pigment. In animals melanin pigments are derivatives of the amino acid tyrosine. The most common form of biological melanin is eumelanin, a brown-black polymer of dihydroxyindole carboxylic acids, and their reduced forms. Technically all melanins are derivatives of polyacetylene. The most common melanin, dopamelanin is a mixed copolymer of polyacetylene, polyaniline and polypyrrole. Another common form of melanin is pheomelanin, a red-brown polymer of benzothiazine units largely responsible for red hair and freckles. The presence of melanin in the archaea and bacteria kingdoms is an issue of ongoing debate amongst researchers in the field. The increased production of melanin in human skin is called melanogenesis. Production of melanin is stimulated by DNA damage induced by UVB-radiation, and it leads to a delayed development of a tan. This melanogenesis-based tan takes more time to develop, but it is long lasting. Copyright Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ for details. Source: Wikipedia, Wikipedia

LOINC Names Get Info

Fully-Specified Name
Melanin:ACnc:Pt:Ser/Plas:Qn:
Long Common Name
Melanin [Units/volume] in Serum or Plasma
Short Name
Melanin SerPl-aCnc
Display Name
Melanin Qn
Consumer Name Alpha Get Info
Melanin, Blood

Part Model Get Info

  • Component
    Melanin
    LP15724-5
    • Analyte
      Melanin
      LP15724-5
      • Component Numerator
        Melanin
        LP15724-5
        • Component Numerator Core
          Melanin
          LP15724-5
        • Component Numerator Core Suffix
          NULL
           
      • Component Denominator
        NULL
         
        • Component Denominator Core
          NULL
           
        • Component Denominator Core Suffix
          NULL
           
    • Challenge
      NULL
       
    • Adjustment
      NULL
       
    • Count
      NULL
       
  • Property
    ACnc
    LP6773-8
  • Time
    Pt
    LP6960-1
  • System
    Ser/Plas
    LP7576-4
    • System Core
      Ser/Plas
      LP7576-4
    • Super System
      NULL
       
  • Scale
    Qn
    LP7753-9
  • Method
    NULL
     

Basic Attributes

Class
CHEM
Type
Laboratory
First Released
Version 1.0l
Last Updated
Version 2.69 (MIN)
Order vs. Observation
Both

Language Variants Get Info

TagLanguageTranslation
cs-CZCzech (Czechia)Melanin:Arbitrární koncentrace:Časový bod:Sérum/plazma:Kvantitativní:
el-GRGreek (Greece)Μελανίνη:ACnc:Pt:Ορός/Πλάσμα:Qn:
Synonyms: ACnc CHEM Pt Qn Μελανίνη Ορός Ορός/Πλάσμα Πλάσμα
es-ARSpanish (Argentina)melanina:concentración arbitraria:punto en el tiempo:suero/plasma:cuantitativo:
es-ESSpanish (Spain)Melanina:Concentración arbitraria:Punto temporal:Suero o Plasma:Qn:
Synonyms: Cuantitativo
es-MXSpanish (Mexico)Melanina:Concentración arbitraria:Punto temporal:Suero o Plasma:Cuantitativo:
et-EEEstonian (Estonia)Melaniin:Acnc:Pt:S/P:Qn:
Synonyms: Juhuslik Kvantitatiivne Plasma Seerum Seerum või plasma
fr-CAFrench (Canada)Mélanine:Concentration arbitraire:Temps ponctuel:Sérum/Plasma:Quantitatif:
fr-BEFrench (Belgium)Mélanine:Concentration arbitraire:Temps ponctuel:Sérum/Plasma:Quantitatif:
fr-FRFrench (France)Mélanine:Arbitraire/Volume:Ponctuel:Sérum/Plasma:Numérique:
it-ITItalian (Italy)Melanina:ACnc:Pt:Siero/Plasma:Qn:
Synonyms: Chimica Concentrazione Arbitraria Plasma Punto nel tempo (episodio) Siero Siero o Plasma
ko-KRKorean (Korea, Republic Of)멜라닌:임의농도:검사시점:혈청/혈장:정량:
nl-NLDutch (Netherlands)melanine:eenheid/volume:moment:serum of plasma:kwantitatief:
pt-BRPortuguese (Brazil)Melanina:ACnc:Pt:Sor/Plas:Qn:
Synonyms: Arbitrary concentration; Point in time; Random; SerPl; SerPlas; SerP; Serum; SR; Plasma; Pl; Plsm; Quantitative; QNT; Quant; Quan; Chemistry
ru-RURussian (Russian Federation)Меланин:ПроизвКонц:ТчкВрм:Сыв/Плаз:Колич:
Synonyms: Количественный Плазма Произвольная концентрация Сыворотка Сыворотка или Плазма Точка во времени;Момент
tr-TRTurkish (Turkey)Melanin:SçKons:Zmlı:Ser/Plaz:Kant:
zh-CNChinese (China)黑色素:任意型浓度:时间点:血清/血浆:定量型:
Synonyms: 任意型浓度(单位体积);任意浓度;单位体积的任意单位数;人工型浓度 化学;化学检验项目;化学检验项目类;化学类;化学试验;非刺激耐受型化学检验项目;非刺激耐受型化学检验项目类;非刺激耐受型化学试验;非刺激耐受型化学试验类 可用数量表示的;定量性;数值型;数量型;连续数值型标尺 时刻;随机;随意;瞬间 血清或血浆 黑素

Example Units

UnitSource
[arb'U]/mLExample UCUM Units

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