melanin synthesizing fungi are very resistant, so I need methods to determine the amount of melanin
@ Sahimerdan, the attached file may help you.
JC Tarafdar thanks
Melanin follows Beer's law. Extract (hot alkali) and purify (acid hydrolysis of protein and carbohydrate) melanin - then develop standard curve.
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