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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Ushakova N
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6770681 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Biomolecules 20190823 9
A comparative study of melanin and ommochrome-containing samples, isolated from the black soldier fly (BSF) by enzymatic hydrolysis, alkaline and acid alcohol extraction or by acid hydrolysis, was carried out. Melanin was isolated both as a melanin-chitin complex and as a water-soluble melanin. Acid hydrolysis followed by delipidization yielded a more concentrated melanin sample, the electron spin resonance (ESR) signal of which was 2.6 × 10<sup>18</sup> spin/g. The ommochromes were extracted fr ...[more]