Evaluation of in Vitro and in Vivo Depigmenting Activity of Raspberry Ketone from Rheum officinale

Melanogenesis inhibition by raspberry ketone (RK) from Rheum officinale was investigated both in vitro in cultivated murine B16 melanoma cells and in vivo in zebrafish and mice. In B16 cells, RK inhibited melanogenesis through a post-transcriptional regulation of tyrosinase gene expression, which re...

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Main Authors: Te-Sheng Chang, Ling-Wei Chin, Hsiou-Yu Ding, Shiou-Yi Kuo, Victor Chia-Hsiang Lin, Jiumn-Yih Wu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2011-07-01
Series:International Journal of Molecular Sciences
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/12/8/4819/