Effects of vitamin C vs. multivitamin on melanogenesis: Comparative study in vitro and in vivo

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 218-226

  Choi, Yang Kyu ^a   Rho, Yong Kwan ^a   Yoo, Kwang Ho ^a   Lim, Yun Young ^a   Li, Kapsok ^a   Kim, Beom Joon ^a   Seo, Seong Jun ^a   Kim, Myeung Nam ^a   Hong, Chang Kwun ^a   Kim, Dong Seok ^a  

^a Chung Ang University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; MELANIN; MICROPHTHALMIA ASSOCIATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; MULTIVITAMIN; PROTEIN KINASE B;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; ARTICLE; BURNING SENSATION; CELL VIABILITY; CHLOASMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLORIMETRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INHIBITION KINETICS; IONTOPHORESIS; MELANOGENESIS; MELANOMA B16; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ASCORBIC ACID; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELLS, CULTURED; COLORIMETRY; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FREE RADICALS; HUMANS; IONTOPHORESIS; MELANINS; MELANOCYTES; MELANOSIS; MICE; MICROPHTHALMIA-ASSOCIATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; REFERENCE VALUES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMINS;

EID: 74949102240     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2009.04336.x     Document Type: Article

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