Inhibitory effect of an ellagic acid-rich pomegranate extract on tyrosinase activity and ultraviolet-induced pigmentation

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 69, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2368-2373

  Yoshimura, Mineka ^a   Watanabe, Yuko ^a   Kasai, Kouichi ^a   Yamakoshi, Jun ^a   Koga, Takuro ^a  

^a KIKKOMAN CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ellagic acid; Pigmentation; Pomegranate extract; Tyrosinase; Whitening

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; DERMATOLOGY; ENZYMES; ORGANIC ACIDS; SKIN; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ELLAGIC ACID; PIGMENTATION; POMEGRANATE EXTRACTS (PE); TYROSINASE; WHITENING;

ENZYME INHIBITION;

ASCORBIC ACID; DOPA; ELLAGIC ACID; ENZYME INHIBITOR; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; PLANT EXTRACT; VITAMIN;

AGARICALES; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL SIZE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; GUINEA PIG; MELANOCYTE; METABOLISM; POMEGRANATE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SKIN PIGMENTATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

AGARICALES; ANIMALS; ASCORBIC ACID; CELL SIZE; DIHYDROXYPHENYLALANINE; ELLAGIC ACID; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GUINEA PIGS; MELANOCYTES; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PUNICACEAE; SKIN PIGMENTATION; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VITAMINS;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; CAVIA; CAVIA PORCELLUS; LYTHRACEAE;

EID: 29344460420     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.69.2368     Document Type: Article

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