Lucidone, a novel melanin inhibitor from the fruit of Lindera erythrocarpa Makino

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1158-1165

  Kumar, K J Senthil ^a   Yang, Jeng Chuann ^b   Chu, Feng Hua ^c   Chang, Shang Tzen ^c   Wang, Sheng Yang ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIWAN FORESTRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Antimelanogenic; Lucidone; Melanin; MITF; Tyrosinase inhibition

Indexed keywords

LUCIDONE; MELANIN; MICROPHTHALMIA ASSOCIATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CYCLOPENTANE DERIVATIVE; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME INHIBITION; FRUIT; LINDERA; LINDERA ERYTHROCARPA; MELANOGENESIS; MELANOMA B16; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; AGARICALES; ANIMAL; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL MELANOMA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; METABOLISM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; LINDERA ERYTHROCARPA;

AGARICALES; ANIMALS; CYCLOPENTANES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LINDERA; MELANINS; MELANOMA, EXPERIMENTAL; MICE; MICROPHTHALMIA-ASSOCIATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 77955595628     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.3018     Document Type: Article

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