Dual inhibitions of lemon balm (Melissa officinalis) ethanolic extract on melanogenesis in B16-F1 murine melanocytes: Inhibition of tyrosinase activity and its gene expression

Food Science and Biotechnology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1051-1059

  Jun, Hee jin ^a   Roh, Miran ^a   Kim, Hae Won ^a   Houng, Soung Jin ^a   Cho, Boram ^a   Yun, Eun Joo ^a   Hossain, Md A ^a   Lee, Hojoung ^a   Kim, Kyoung Heon ^a   Lee, Sung Joon ^a  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

hypopigmentation; lemon balm (Melissa officinalis); tyrosinase; UV irradiation

Indexed keywords

ARBUTIN; DOWN-REGULATION; ETHANOLIC EXTRACTS; FUNCTIONAL FOODS; HYPOPIGMENTATION; IN-VITRO; LEMON BALM (MELISSA OFFICINALIS); MELANIN CONTENT; MELANIN SYNTHESIS; MELANOGENESIS; MYO-INOSITOL; POTENT ANTIOXIDANTS; PROTEIN EXPRESSIONS; TYROSINASE; UV IRRADIATION; WILD TYPES;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; FRUITS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IRRADIATION; PLANT EXTRACTS; PROTEINS; SUGARS;

GENE EXPRESSION;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; CITRUS LIMON; MELISSA OFFICINALIS; MURINAE;

EID: 80053940494     PISSN: 12267708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10068-011-0143-1     Document Type: Article

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