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The first difficulty in beginning a study of hair pigment is to isolate the pigment from the keratin matrix without altering its chemical structure. Our isolation method differs from that of others in that we digest hair enzymatically.
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Goetz, N., Arnaud, J.C., Boré, P. (1981). Human Hair Pigment: A Mild Isolation Procedure and a Method for Characterization. In: Orfanos, C.E., Montagna, W., Stüttgen, G. (eds) Hair Research. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-81650-5_22
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