Cinnamomum cassia essential oil inhibits α-MSH-induced melanin production and oxidative stress in murine B16 melanoma cells

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 19186-19201

  Chou, Su Tze ^a   Chang, Wen Lun ^a   Chang, Chen Tien ^a   Hsu, Shih Lan ^b   Lin, Yu Che ^a   Shih, Ying ^a  

^a PROVIDENCE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Cinnamaldehyde; Cinnamomum cassia Presl; Essential oil; Melanin; Tyrosinase

Indexed keywords

2 METHOXYCINNAMIC ACID; ALPHA INTERMEDIN; CATALASE; CINNAMALDEHYDE; CINNAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CINNAMOMUM CASSIA EXTRACT; ESSENTIAL OIL; GLUTATHIONE; MELANIN; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIDIABETIC ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; AROMATHERAPY; ARTICLE; BARK; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CINNAMOMUM CASSIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG ACTIVITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MELANOGENESIS; MELANOMA CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT STEM;

ACROLEIN; ANIMALS; CATALASE; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL SURVIVAL; CINNAMOMUM AROMATICUM; DOWN-REGULATION; GLUTATHIONE; MELANINS; MELANOCYTE-STIMULATING HORMONES; MELANOMA, EXPERIMENTAL; MICE; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; OILS, VOLATILE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCES;

EID: 84884542185     PISSN: 16616596     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms140919186     Document Type: Article

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