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SUBMITTER: Chaita E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6154579 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chaita Eliza E Lambrinidis George G Cheimonidi Christina C Agalou Adamantia A Beis Dimitris D Trougakos Ioannis I Mikros Emmanuel E Skaltsounis Alexios-Leandros AL Aligiannis Nektarios N
Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) 20170323 4
In therapeutic interventions associated with melanin hyperpigmentation, tyrosinase is regarded as a target enzyme as it catalyzes the rate-limiting steps in mammalian melanogenesis. Since many known agents have been proven to be toxic, there has been increasing impetus to identify alternative tyrosinase inhibitors, especially from natural sources. In this study, we investigated 900 extracts from Greek plants for potential tyrosinase inhibitive properties. Among the five most potent extracts, the ...[more]