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Skin component may protect fishes from ultraviolet-B radiation

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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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  1. National Biological Service, Midwest Science Center, 4200 New Haven Road, 65201, Columbia, Missouri, USA

    David L. Fabacher & Edward E. Little

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Fabacher, D.L., Little, E.E. Skin component may protect fishes from ultraviolet-B radiation. Environ. Sci. & Pollut. Res. 2, 30–32 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02987508

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