Effects of Quercetin on Mushroom Tyrosinase and B16-F10 Melanoma Cells
In searching for tyrosinase inhibitors from plants using L-3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine (L-DOPA) as a substrate, quercetin was found to be partially oxidized to the corresponding o-quinone under catalysis by mushroom tyrosinase (EC 1.14.18.1). Simultaneously, L-DOPA was also oxidized to dopaquinone an...
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| Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2007-05-01
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| Series: | Molecules |
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| Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/12/5/1045/ |