Effects of wine phenolics and sorghum tannins on tyrosinase activity and growth of melanoma cells

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 1620-1624

  Gomez Cordoves C ^a   Bartolome B ^a   Vieira, W ^b   Virador, V M ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE FERMENTACIONES INDUSTRIALES CSIC   (Spain)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Melanocyte; Melanogenesis; Melanoma; Sorghum tannins; Wine phenolics

Indexed keywords

ANTHOCYANIN; FLAVONOID; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; TANNIN DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CELL VIABILITY; COLONY FORMATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MELANOCYTE; MELANOGENESIS; MELANOMA CELL; SORGHUM; WINE;

ANTHOCYANINS; CELL DIVISION; CEREALS; FLAVONOIDS; HUMANS; HYDROXYBENZOIC ACIDS; MELANOMA; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; PHENOLS; TANNINS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; WINE;

EID: 0034832742     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf001116h     Document Type: Article

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