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Planta Med 1987; 53(6): 515-517
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-962798
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Inhibition of Mushroom-Tyrosinase by Aloe Extract

Akira Yagi1 , Toshimitsu Kanbara2 , Naoko Morinobu1
  • 1Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Fukuyama University, Fukuyama, Hiroshima, 729-02, Japan.
  • 2Maruzen Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., Onomichi, Hiroshima, 722, Japan.
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1986

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24 January 2007 (online)

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Abstract

Inhibition by Aloe extracts of L-dopa oxidation by mushroom-tyrosinase was examined. 2″-O-Feruloylaloesin and aloesin at concentrations of 0.4 µM showed inhibition of 27 and 30%, respectively. Lineweaver-Burk plots of the concentration of L-dopa in the absence and presence of 2″-O-feruloylaloesin, 0.4 and 0.8 µM, showed that this compound inhibits mushroom-tyrosinase noncompetitively. The Ki value obtained was 8.5 × 10-5 M. 2″-O-Feruloylaloesin and aloesin contents were analyzed by a reversed-phase HPLC, and their seasonal variations were observed.