Ssanghwa-tang, an oriental herbal cocktail, exerts anti-melanogenic activity by suppression of the p38 MAPK and PKA signaling pathways in B16F10 cells

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Kim, Aeyung ^a   Yim, Nam Hui ^a   Im, Minju ^a   Jung, Young Pil ^a   Liang, Chun ^a   Cho, Won Kyung ^a   Ma, Jin Yeul ^a  

^a Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine (KIOM)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

B16F10 cells; Melanogenesis; MITF; p38 MAPK; PKA; Ssanghwa tang; Tyrosinase

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERMEDIN; ANGELICA GIGAS EXTRACT; CELL PROTEIN; CINNAMOMUM CASSIA EXTRACT; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; FORSKOLIN; GLYCYRRHIZA GLABRA EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; LEVODOPA; LUCIFERASE; MELANIN; MICROPHTHALMIA ASSOCIATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE P38; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; REHMANNIA GLUTINOSA EXTRACT; SSANGHWA TANG; TYROSINASE RELATED PROTEIN 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANGELICA GIGAS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTRAGALUS MEMBRANACEUS; CELL VIABILITY; CHINESE HERB; CINNAMOMUM CASSIA; CNIDIUM OFFICINALE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; FEMALE; GINGER; GLYCYRRHIZA GLABRA; JUJUBE; LIVER CELL; MELANOGENESIS; MELANOMA CELL; NONHUMAN; PAEONIA LACTIFLORA; PHOSPHORYLATION; REHMANNIA GLUTINOSA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ZIZIPHUS;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CYCLIC AMP-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASES; DRUG SYNERGISM; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; INTEGRASES; MELANINS; MICE; MICROPHTHALMIA-ASSOCIATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; P38 MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84883180540     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-13-214     Document Type: Article

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