Pityriacitrin - An ultraviolet-absorbing indole alkaloid from the yeast Malassezia furfur

Archives of Dermatological Research

Volumn 294, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 131-134

  Mayser, Peter ^a   Schäfer, Ute ^a   Krämer, Hans Joachim ^a   Irlinger, Bernhard ^b   Steglich, Wolfgang ^b  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Indole derivative; Malassezia furfur; Pityriacitrin; UV protection

Indexed keywords

ACETONITRILE; AGAR; ALKALOID; FLUOROCHROME; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; MELANIN; PITYRIACITRIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; INDOLE ALKALOID; SUNSCREEN;

ARTICLE; COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DEPIGMENTATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MALASSEZIA FURFUR; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MELANOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PURIFICATION; REDUCTION; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; TINEA VERSICOLOR; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALASSEZIA; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SKIN; SUNBURN;

HUMAN; INDOLE ALKALOIDS; MALASSEZIA; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; RADIATION TOLERANCE; SKIN; SUNBURN; SUNSCREENING AGENTS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; HUMANS;

EID: 0036015665     PISSN: 03403696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00403-002-0294-2     Document Type: Article

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