The glutathione derivative, GSH Monoethyl Ester, May effectively whiten skin but GSH does not

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2016, Pages

  Chung, Bo Young ^a   Choi, So Ra ^b   Moon, Ik Jun ^b   Park, Chun Wook ^a   Kim, Young Hoon ^b   Chang, Sung Eun ^b  

^a Hallym University   (South Korea)

^b University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Glutathione derivatives; Glutathione monoethyl ester; Melanogenesis; Pheomelanin

Indexed keywords

DEPIGMENTING AGENT; DOPACHROME TAUTOMERASE; EUMELANIN; GLUTATHIONE DERIVATIVE; GLUTATHIONE ETHYL ESTER; MELAN A; MICROPHTHALMIA ASSOCIATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; PHEOMELANIN; TYROSINASE RELATED PROTEIN 1; GLUTATHIONE; MELANIN; S-ETHYL GLUTATHIONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; MELANOGENESIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL DENSITY; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; CYTOLOGY; HUMAN; MELANOCYTE; METABOLISM; SKIN;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; GLUTATHIONE; HUMANS; MELANINS; MELANOCYTES; MICE; SKIN; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

EID: 84968542414     PISSN: 16616596     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms17050629     Document Type: Article

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