Term: retinal pigmented epithelium melanins
Name: retinal pigmented epithelium
Synonyms: pigmented epithelium, pigmented retina, pigmented retinal epithelium, PRE, RPE
Definition: A monolayer of pigmented epithelium covering the neural retina; develops from the outer of the two layers of the optic cup.
Ontology: Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000144]

Name: melanins
Synonyms: Melanin, melanins
Definition: Melanin is a class of polyphenol compounds, which mainly serve as pigments in plants, animals and protists. The most common biological form is eumelanin.
Ontology: ChEBI [CHEBI:25179]  ( EBI )