The green or gold leaf hostas including the variegated forms of these colored leaf perennials are a slugs idea of smorgasbord delights. The waxy coated leaves of this blue hosta are plants that slugs donât like to eat.
Skin pigmentation. Melanin, whose primary function is in pigmentation, has many more important functions to perform in the human body. Protection from UV radiation. Melanin functions as a sunscreen and as a broad spectrum sun radiation absorbent. The absorbed energy causes redox reactions, and both eumelanin and pheomelanin form free radical species. Eumelanin, being more photostable scavenges the originated oxidative species and neutralizes them.
However, the function of quinolactacins in C. sphaerospermum is not clear. Oxylipins, or oxidized fatty acids, include prostaglandins that are essential for fungal cell communication and viability [15]. Melanin is one of the secondary metabolites produced by C. sphaerospermum. It provides protection from ultraviolet light and oxidizing agents, as well as facilitates fungal proliferation in the areas with high radiation levels [16].