Application of a combined sulphorhodamine B and melanin assay to the evaluation of Chinese medicines and their constituent compounds for hyperpigmentation treatment

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 274-279

  Lam, Rosanna Y Y ^a   Lin, Zhi Xiu ^a   Sviderskaya, Elena ^b   Cheng, Christopher H K ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Depigmentation; Melan a cells; Melanin production; Melanogenesis; Sulphorhodamine B assay; Traditional Chinese medicine

Indexed keywords

2,3 XYLENOL; 2,4,6 TRIMETHYLBENZALDEHYDE; 2,6 DIMETHYL 2,4,6 OCTATRIENE; 3 ETHYLPHENOL; 4 ETHYLPHENOL; 4 ETHYLRESORCINOL; ANGELICA SINENSIS EXTRACT; CERVUS ELAPHUS EXTRACT; CHINESE DRUG; CINNAMOMUM CASSIA EXTRACT; COIX LACRYMA JOBI EXTRACT; CORNUS OFFICINALIS EXTRACT; DERMATOLOGICAL AGENT; DICHLOROMETHANE; GLYCYRRHIZA URALENSIS EXTRACT; HEXANE; MELANIN; METHANOL; MULBERRY EXTRACT; MYRISTYL ALCOHOL; NATURAL PRODUCT; PLANT EXTRACT; PRUNUS MUME EXTRACT; RESACETOPHENONE; RHEUM OFFICINALE EXTRACT; RHODAMINE; SCUTELLARIA BAICALENSIS EXTRACT; SULPHORHODAMINE B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; WATER;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL IMMORTALIZATION; CHINESE MEDICINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG STRUCTURE; HYPERPIGMENTATION; IC 50; MEDICINAL PLANT; MELANOCYTE; MELANOGENESIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN;

ANGELICA SINENSIS;

EID: 77957776487     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2010.08.027     Document Type: Article

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