Question

What is melanin? How does it help?

Answer 1

Melanin is a pigment present in the hair. It is responsible for maintaining the colour of the hair.
Lack of this pigment causes the change in colour of the hair.

Answer 2

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--MELANIN:
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--melanin is a pigment which gives colour to the skin ,hair and eye colour of humans.
--due to more presence of melanin, some people are dark skinned.
--and some people are light skinned due to less or normal amount of melanin in their skin.
--melanin is produced by special cells which are known as melanocytes.

--USES OF MELANIN:
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1.Melanin is an effective absorber of light-it is able to scatter over 99.9% of absorbed UV radiation.
2.melanin protects skin cells from UVB radiation damage because of its scattering property of light.
3.it helps in reducing the risk of cancer.
4. to give color to the skin and other parts of body is another function of melanin.


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