SHEET /m/melanin · MoleculeFinder curated (no single PubChem compound) · REV 2026.07
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Melanin
from sourcepigment polymer · body endogenous
What is Melanin?
Your body's own sunshade, the pigment that colors skin and hair and soaks up UV light. Melanin is a pigment polymer that occurs naturally in the human body. from source
CategoryBody
No single structure
Melanin is a biological pigment built from smaller units. It has no single 2D or 3D structure, molecular weight or SMILES, so MoleculeFinder models it by hand.
ClassPigment Polymerinferred
Where you'll find it
Your own body makes this one. It is not an ingredient you buy. See the rest of the body group.
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Where Melanin leads
Found infrom source
Sources & methodology
- Everyday relationships
- MoleculeFinder editorial curation
- Data refreshed