Non-toxic melanin production inhibitors from Garcinia livingstonei (Clusiaceae)

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 149, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 570-575

  Mulholland, Dulcie A ^a,e   Mwangi, Elizabeth M ^b,e   Dlova, Ncoza C ^c   Plant, Nick ^a   Crouch, Neil R ^d,e   Coombes, Phillip H ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b EGERTON UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^d SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Clusiaceae; Garcinia livingstonei; Melanin production inhibitor; MeWo cells; Skin lightening agents

Indexed keywords

6 DEOXYISOJACAREUBIN; BETULIN; BETULIN ALDEHYDE; DEPIGMENTING AGENT; EUPHOL; GUTTIFERONE A; HYDROQUINONE; ISOJACAREUBIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LUPENONE; LUPEOL; MELANIN; MELANIN PRODUCTION INHIBITOR; MORELLOFLAVONE; MORELLOFLAVONE 7'' SULPHATE; PLANT EXTRACT; SARGAOL; STIGMASTEROL; TRITERPENOID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BARK; CELL DEATH; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CLUSIACEAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG ISOLATION; FIBROBLAST; FRUIT; GARCINIA; GARCINIA LIVINGSTONEI; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MELANOMA CELL; NONHUMAN; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT STEM; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SKIN COLOR; SOUTH AFRICA; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

CLUSIACEAE; GARCINIA LIVINGSTONEI;

CLUSIACEAE; GARCINIA LIVINGSTONEI; MELANIN PRODUCTION INHIBITOR; MEWO CELLS; SKIN LIGHTENING AGENTS;

CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL SURVIVAL; FRUIT; GARCINIA; HUMANS; MELANINS; PLANT BARK; PLANT EXTRACTS;

EID: 84883146682     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2013.07.023     Document Type: Article

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