Depigmenting action of phenylhydroquinone, an o-Phenylphenol metabolite, on the skin of JY-4 black guinea-pigs

Pigment Cell Research

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 447-453

  Tayama, Kuniaki ^a   Takahama, Motohide ^b  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^b SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chemical leukoderma; Melanocyte; Melanosome; Skin irritation

Indexed keywords

2 HYDROXYBIPHENYL; 2-PHENYLPHENOL; BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; HYDROQUINONE DERIVATIVE; PHENYLHYDROQUINONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPIDERMIS; ERYTHEMA; GUINEA PIG; MALE; MELANOCYTE; MELANOSOME; SKIN PIGMENTATION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BIPHENYL COMPOUNDS; EPIDERMIS; ERYTHEMA; GUINEA PIGS; HYDROQUINONES; MALE; MELANOCYTES; MELANOSOMES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

ANIMALIA; CAVIA; CAVIA PORCELLUS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0036890973     PISSN: 08935785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0749.2002.02057.x     Document Type: Article

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