The depigmenting effect of α-tocopheryl ferulate on human melanoma cells

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 20-29

  Funasaka, Y ^a   Chakraborty, A K ^a,b   Komoto, M ^a   Ohashi, A ^a   Ichihashi, M ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

tocopherol; tocopheryl ferulate; 5,6 dihydroxyindole 2 carboxylic acid polymerase; Antioxidant; Melanogenesis tyrosinase; Whitening agent

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL DERIVATIVE; ALPHA TOCOPHERYL FERULATE; CARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ENZYME; FERULIC ACID; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPIGMENTATION; DOSE RESPONSE; ENZYME INHIBITION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPERPIGMENTATION; MELANOGENESIS; MELANOMA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTIOXIDANTS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; ENZYME INHIBITORS; HUMANS; INDOLES; INTRAMOLECULAR OXIDOREDUCTASES; ISOENZYMES; MELANINS; MELANOMA; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINES; PIGMENTATION; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; VITAMIN E;

EID: 0032874316     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.1999.02916.x     Document Type: Article

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