Plants from Brazilian Cerrado with potent tyrosinase inhibitory activity.

The increased amount of melanin leads to skin disorders such as age spots, freckles, melasma and malignant melanoma. Tyrosinase is known to be the key enzyme in melanin production. Plants and their extracts are inexpensive and rich resources of active compounds that can be utilized to inhibit tyrosi...

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Main Authors: Paula Monteiro Souza, Silvia Taveira Elias, Luiz Alberto Simeoni, José Elias de Paula, Sueli Maria Gomes, Eliete Neves Silva Guerra, Yris Maria Fonseca, Elton Clementino Silva, Dâmaris Silveira, Pérola Oliveira Magalhães
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3500240?pdf=render