The structure of proanthocyanidins extracted from bird cherry fruits was characterized by
HPLC-ESI/MS 2 and MALDI-TOF/MS analyses, and their subunits and mean degree of …

This study was performed to determine the antimelanogenic effect and tyrosinase inhibitory
activities of anthocyanin rich fraction (AN-SLP) from Liriope platyphylla Wang et Tang seeds …

MATERIALS AND METHODS Chemicals and General Materials Mushroom tyrosinase, l-
dopa, was purchase from Nakalai Tesque (Kyoto), and kojic acid from Tokyo Kasei …

The control of food browning can be achieved by inhibiting tyrosinase (TY) activity, but
current studies on the interaction of flavonoids as potent inhibitors with TY are inadequate …

Background: Tyrosinase is a copper-containing enzyme, which is widely distributed in
microorganisms, animals and plants. It is also a key enzyme in melanin biosynthesis, which …

Nine compounds including a new A-type proanthocyanidin trimer, epicatechin-(2β→ O→ 7,
4β→ 8)-[catechin-(6→ 4β)]-epicatechin (8), and a known trimer, epicatechin-(4β→ 8) …

The effects of apple polyphenols on melanogenesis in B16 mouse melanoma cells were
investigated. The inhibitory effect of apple polyphenols was stronger than that of arbutin or …

Condensed tannins from Ficus virens leaves, fruit, and stem bark were isolated and their
structures characterized by 13C nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometry, high …

Proanthocyanidins were extracted from Pyracantha fortuneana fruit (PFF), and their
structures were investigated through 13C nuclear magnetic resonance (13C NMR), high …

Five proanthocyanidins, two B-type dimers and three A-type trimers, were purified and
isolated from the fruit peels of Pyrus pyrifolia Nakai cv. Chuhwangbae. The isolated …