CONTENTS 



Lipids 



Water content 

 The fine histology of the hair follicle in the keratinization 

 zone 



The cortex 



The cuticle 



The inner root sheath 

 Soft keratinization 



The epidermis 



Keratinization of horn 

 Follicular nutrition and the entrance of sulphur 

 Soluble products of partial keratinization 



Extracts from the pre-keratinized zone 



Soluble derivatives of keratinized tissues 

 Reduction of wool 

 Oxidizing agents 

 Thioglycollate extracts 



Soluble derivatives of feather and other keratins 

 The location of the cystine residues 

 Filaments (a component) 

 Matrix (y component) 

 Physiochemical properties and keratinization 



Salt linkages 



Disulphide bonds 



Hydrogen bonds 



Molecular configuration in the supercontracted state 



The setting of hairs 

 Cell membranes in keratinized tissues 



The membranes and cellular adhesion 



The morphology of the membranes of keratinized tissues 



The fate of the intracellular apparatus during keratinization 

 The hair cuticle 

 The medulla 

 The residues remaining after the chemical extraction of 



keratins 

 Uneven keratinization and its histological distribution 

 Keratinized cysts and epidermal tumours 

 Pigmentation 



The pigment granule 



The chemistry of melanization 



References 

 Author Index 

 Subject Index 



