Anisaldehyde, a melanogenesis potentiator

Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung - Section C Journal of Biosciences

Volumn 62, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 143-149

  Nitoda, Teruhiko ^a   Fan, Maria D ^a   Kubo, Isao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anisaldehyde; B16 F10 melanoma cells; Tyrosinase

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248357172     PISSN: 09395075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/znc-2007-1-224     Document Type: Article

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