Assertion: melanin | /r/CapableOf | provide perfect protection
Facets:
value: against uv‐induced photodamage
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: because of its black colour
type: CAUSE
Source sentences:
text: This confusion may derive in part from unreliable in vitro experiments and in part from the widespread, still largely unwarranted, assumption that melanin (eumelanin) provides the perfect protection against UV‐induced photodamage because of its black colour evoking highly efficient light absorption.