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SUBMITTER: Choi MR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9502928 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Choi Mi Ran MR Lee Heejin H Kim Hyoung Kyu HK Han Jin J Seol Jung Eun JE Vasileva Elena A EA Mishchenko Natalia P NP Fedoreyev Sergey A SA Stonik Valentin A VA Ju Won Seok WS Kim Dai-Jin DJ Lee Sang-Rae SR
Marine drugs 20220829 9
Excessive increase in melanin pigment in the skin can be caused by a variety of environmental factors, including UV radiation, and can result in spots, freckles, and skin cancer. Therefore, it is important to develop functional whitening cosmetic reagents that regulate melanogenesis. In this study, we investigated the effects of echinochrome A (Ech A) on melanogenesis in the B16F10 murine melanoma cell line. We triggered B16F10 cells using α-MSH under Ech A treatment to observe melanin synthesis ...[more]