κ-Casein suppresses melanogenesis in cultured pigment cells

Pigment Cell Research

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 235-239

  Nakajima, Mitsunari ^a   Shinoda, Ichizo ^a   Samejima, Yoshiko ^a   Miyauchi, Hirofumi ^a   Fukuwatari, Yasuo ^a   Hayasawa, Hirotoshi ^a  

^a MORINAGA MILK INDUSTRY CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Casein; Depigmentation; Melanin; Melanoma; Whey

Indexed keywords

BOVINAE;

CASEIN; MELANIN; MILK PROTEIN; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; WHEY PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIVISION; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; MELANOCYTE; MELANOMA; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PIGMENTATION;

ANIMALS; CASEINS; CATTLE; CELL DIVISION; MELANINS; MELANOCYTES; MELANOMA; MICE; MILK PROTEINS; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; PIGMENTATION; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0030253798     PISSN: 08935785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0749.1996.tb00112.x     Document Type: Article

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