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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-1-24
pubmed:abstractText
The tyrosinase inhibitory activity of methanol extracts of the leaves of 39 plant species growing on the seashore of Iriomote island (Okinawa, Japan) was investigated. The extracts of Hibiscus tiliaceus, Carex pumila, and Garcinia subelliptica showed potent activity among them. The inhibitors in the extract of Garcinia subelliptica were purified by assay-guided fractionation to give two biflavonoids. These were known compounds (2R,3S-5,7,4',5'',7'',3''',4'''-heptahydroxy flavanone[3-8''] flavone and 5,7,4',5'',7'',3''',4'''-heptahydroxy[3-8''] biflavanone), although their strong inhibitory activity toward tyrosinase is revealed for the first time in this work. One of these biflavonoids (2R,3S-5,7,4',5'',7'',3''',4'''-heptahydroxy flavanone[3-8''] flavone) showed much stronger activity (IC50 2.5 microM) than that of kojic acid (IC50 9.1 microM) when L-tyrosine was used as the substrate.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0916-8451
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
69
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
197-201
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Screening for tyrosinase inhibitors among extracts of seashore plants and identification of potent inhibitors from Garcinia subelliptica.
pubmed:affiliation
Faculty of Integrated Arts and Sciences, University of Tokushima, Tokushima, Japan. masuda@ias.tokushima-u.ac.jp
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't