Inhibitory effect of gnetin C, a resveratrol dimer from melinjo (Gnetum gnemon), on tyrosinase activity and melanin biosynthesis

Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 993-996

  Yanagihara, Miyako ^a   Yoshimatsu, Maiko ^a   Inoue, Akinori ^a   Kanno, Tomoko ^b   Tatefuji, Tomoki ^a   Hashimoto, Ken ^a  

^a Yamada Apiculture Center Inc   (Japan)

^b Okayama Research Park Incubation Center 213   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gnetin C; Melanin; Melinjo; Resveratrol dimer; Tyrosinase

Indexed keywords

GNETIN C; GNETUM GNEMON EXTRACT; MELANIN; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; PLANT EXTRACT; RESVERATROL; STILBENE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; GNETUM; GNETUM GNEMON; IC 50; IN VITRO STUDY; INHIBITION KINETICS; MELANOGENESIS; MELANOMA B16; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLANT SEED; SKIN COLOR;

ANIMALS; BENZOFURANS; CELL SURVIVAL; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GNETUM; MELANINS; MELANOMA, EXPERIMENTAL; MICE; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; STILBENES; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 84861913436     PISSN: 09186158     EISSN: 13475215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1248/bpb.35.993     Document Type: Article

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