xanthommatin

brown pigment of drosophila; Biochem Genet 1981 Dec;19(11-12):1211-21

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xanthomattin

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1.	Yellow Fever 04/01/1999 - "Oxidation of 3-hydroxykynurenine to produce xanthommatin for eye pigmentation: a major branch pathway of tryptophan catabolism during pupal development in the yellow fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti."
2.	Confusion (Bewilderment) 12/01/1981 - "Nonenzymatic and enzymatic catalysis of the oxidation of 3-hydroxykynurenine (and 3-hydroxyanthranilic acid) has been studied and characterized in Drosophila extracts, clearing up some of the confusion surrounding the synthesis of the brown eye pigment, xanthommatin. "