Alpha-melanocyte stimulating hormone analogues: the perils and the promise

J Drugs Dermatol. 2009 Aug;8(8):772-6.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Clinical Trials as Topic
  • Drug Evaluation, Preclinical
  • Humans
  • Melanins / metabolism*
  • Protoporphyria, Erythropoietic / drug therapy*
  • Protoporphyria, Erythropoietic / physiopathology
  • Skin / drug effects
  • Skin / metabolism
  • Skin Diseases / drug therapy
  • Skin Diseases / physiopathology
  • Skin Pigmentation / drug effects
  • alpha-MSH / adverse effects
  • alpha-MSH / analogs & derivatives*
  • alpha-MSH / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Melanins
  • alpha-MSH
  • afamelanotide