β-Lactoglobulin Suppresses Melanogenesis in Cultured Human Melanocytes

Pigment Cell Research

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 410-413

  Nakajima, Mitsunari ^a   Shinoda, Ichizo ^a   Mikogami, Takashi ^a   Iwamoto, Hiroshi ^a   Hashimoto, Shin Ichi ^a   Miyauchi, Hirofumi ^a   Fukuwatari, Yasuo ^a   Hayasawa, Hirotoshi ^a  

^a MORINAGA MILK INDUSTRY CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Melanocyte; Melanogenesis; Pigmentation; Retinoic acid; Retinol; lactoglobulin

Indexed keywords

BOVINAE;

LACTOGLOBULIN; MELANIN; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; RETINOL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATTLE; CELL CULTURE; CYTOLOGY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYMOLOGY; HUMAN; MELANOCYTE; METABOLISM; PIGMENTATION;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CELLS, CULTURED; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HUMANS; LACTOGLOBULINS; MELANINS; MELANOCYTES; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; PIGMENTATION; VITAMIN A;

EID: 0031308520     PISSN: 08935785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0749.1997.tb00700.x     Document Type: Article

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