Quercetin Enhances Melanogenesis by Increasing the Activity and Synthesis of Tyrosinase in Human Melanoma Cells and in Normal Human Melanocytes

Pigment Cell Research

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 66-73

  Nagata, Hidetaka ^a   Takekoshi, Susumu ^a   Takeyama, Reiko ^b   Homma, Takao ^c   Osamura, R Yoshiyuki ^a  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^c TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

HMVII melanoma cells; Melanin; Melanogenesis; Normal melanocyte; Quercetin; Tyrosinase

Indexed keywords

CYCLOHEXIMIDE; DACTINOMYCIN; INHIBITOR PROTEIN; MELANIN; MELANOGENIC INHIBITOR; MESSENGER RNA; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; QUERCETIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CELL LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; HMVII MELANOMA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MELANOCYTE; MELANOGENESIS; MELANOMA CELL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSLATION REGULATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CYCLOHEXIMIDE; DACTINOMYCIN; FLAVONOIDS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; HUMANS; MELANINS; MELANOCYTES; MELANOMA; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 0842327291     PISSN: 08935785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1600-0749.2003.00113.x     Document Type: Article

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