Screening of Indonesian plants for tyrosinase inhibitory activity

Enos Tangke Arung, Irawan Wijaya Kusuma, Yetti Mulyati Iskandar, Seiji Yasutake, Kuniyoshi Shimizu, Ryuichiro Kondo

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Abstract

In our efforts to find new tyrosinase inhibitory materials, we investigated 44 Indonesian plants belonging to 24 families for tyrosinase inhibitory activity. The extracts of 5 Artocarpus woods showed potent tyrosinase inhibitory activity (over 80% at 100 μg/ml) similar to a positive control, kojic acid. In Artocarpus woods, the extracts of the sapwoods showed stronger inhibitory activity than those of the heartwoods. Chlorophorin was isolated as one of the active compounds in the sapwood of Artocarpus heterophyllus. The content of chlorophorin in sapwood was higher than that in heartwood.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)520-525
Number of pages6
JournalJournal of Wood Science
Volume51
Issue number5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Oct 2005

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Biomaterials

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