Skin component may protect fishes from ultraviolet-B radiation |
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| Authors: | David L Fabacher Edward E Little |
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| Institution: | 1. National Biological Service, Midwest Science Center, 4200 New Haven Road, 65201, Columbia, Missouri, USA
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| Abstract: | We observed a large peak of absorbance when methanol extracts of dorsal skin from four species of fish were scanned in a spectro-photometer. There appeared to be a direct relation between the amount of this skin component and the period of time in which each species of fish developed UVB-induced sunburn. |
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