Preliminary screening of some tropical plants for anti-tyrosinase activity

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 82, Issue 2-3, 2002, Pages 155-158

  Baurin, N ^a   Arnoult, E ^a   Scior, T ^a   Do, Q T ^a   Bernard, P ^a  

^a GreenPharma SA   (France)

Author keywords

Melanogenesis; Plant screening; Tyrosinase inhibition

Indexed keywords

ABUTA GRANDIFOLIA EXTRACT; ALTHAEA OFFICINALIS EXTRACT; ASTROCARYUM VULGARE EXTRACT; BACCHARIS TRIPTERA EXTRACT; BACTRIS GASIPAES EXTRACT; BOWDICHIA MAJOR EXTRACT; BRYOPHYLLUM CALCINUM EXTRACT; CARAIPA MINOR EXTRACT; CARINIANA BRASILIENSIS EXTRACT; CASSIA HIRSUTA EXTRACT; CECROPIA PALMATA EXTRACT; CHENOPODIUMAMBROSIOIDES EXTRACT; CISSUS SICYOIDES EXTRACT; COSTUS SPICATUS EXTRACT; CROTON CAJUCARA EXTRACT; DETARIUM MICROCARPUM EXTRACT; DORSTENIA RENIFORMIS EXTRACT; DUGUETIA RIPARIA EXTRACT; ENTADA AFRICANA EXTRACT; GENIPA AMERICANA EXTRACT; GLYCOXYLON HUBERI EXTRACT; GOMPHENA MACROCEPHALA EXTRACT; HIMATHANTUS SUCUUBA EXTRACT; HIRA CREPITANS EXTRACT; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; PLANT EXTRACT; PORTULACA PILOSA EXTRACT; PROSOPIS AFRICANA EXTRACT; STRYPHNODENDRON BARBATIMAO EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ARTICLE; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SCREENING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; IN VITRO STUDY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

AGARICALES; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; ENZYME INHIBITORS; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; PLANT COMPONENTS; PLANT EXTRACTS;

EID: 0036806968     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-8741(02)00174-5     Document Type: Article

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