Inhibitory effect of red koji extracts on mushroom tyrosinase

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 51, Issue 15, 2003, Pages 4240-4246

  Wu, Li Chen ^a   Chen, Yun Chen ^a   Annie Ho, Ja An ^a   Yang, Chung Shi ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHI NAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; DL DOPA; Folin Ciocalteu; Free radical scavenging activity; Polyphenols; Red koji; Red yeast rice; Tyrosinase; Tyrosinase inhibitor; Vanillin HCl assay

Indexed keywords

ACETONITRILE; ACOLIN DERIVATIVE; CARBON; CHOLESTEROL; DRUG METABOLITE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; KOJIC ACID; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; PLANT EXTRACT; RED KOJI EXTRACT; TANNIN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BINDING KINETICS; CATALYSIS; CHOLESTEROL INTAKE; CHOLESTEROL SYNTHESIS; COMPETITIVE INHIBITION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; FUNGAL METABOLISM; MUSHROOM; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PHYTOCHEMISTRY;

AGARICALES; ANTIOXIDANTS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FERMENTATION; MONASCUS; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; ORYZA SATIVA; PHENOLS; PLANT EXTRACTS;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; FUNGI;

EID: 0038493572     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf034064f     Document Type: Article

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