Enhancement of the depigmenting effect of hydroquinone and 4-hydroxyanisole by all-trans-retinoic acid (Tretinoin): The impairment of glutathione-dependent cytoprotection?

Dermatology

Volumn 206, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 289-291

  Kasraee, Behrooz ^a   Handjani, Farhad ^a   Aslani, Fatemeh S ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

4 Hydroxyanisole; All trans retinoic acid; Buthionine sulfoximine; Cystamine; Depigmentation; Glutathione; Glutathione S transferase; Hydroquinone; Melanocytotoxicity; Tretinoin

Indexed keywords

BUTHIONINE SULFOXIMINE; CELL PROTEIN; CYSTAMINE; DEPIGMENTING AGENT; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HYDROQUINONE; MEQUINOL; RETINOIC ACID; TRANSFERASE INHIBITOR;

CELL DESTRUCTION; CELL PROTECTION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; DEPIGMENTATION; DETOXIFICATION; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG POTENTIATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME MECHANISM; HUMAN; MELANOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PIGMENT CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ANISOLES; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; GUINEA PIGS; HUMANS; HYDROQUINONES; KERATOLYTIC AGENTS; MELANOCYTES; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SWINE; TRETINOIN;

EID: 0037641045     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000069938     Document Type: Review

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