Pulse radiolysis and flash photolysis-initiated one-electron oxidation of 3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine (dopa) and other catecholamines have allowed the direct measurement of the kinetics of semiquinone disproportionation leading successively to the corresponding melanin precursors dopaquinones and dopachromes.
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Chedekel et al. (1984) studied this question.
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