Antioxidant and Anti-tyrosinase Activities of Phenolic Extracts from Rape Bee Pollen and Inhibitory Melanogenesis by cAMP/MITF/TYR Pathway in B16 Mouse Melanoma Cells

• Published in: Frontiers in pharmacology Vol. 8; p. 104
• Main Authors: Sun, Liping, Guo, Yan, Zhang, Yanxin, Zhuang, Yongliang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland Frontiers Media S.A 09.03.2017
• Subjects: antioxidant properties; glutathione synthesis; mRNA expression; Pharmacology; phenolic composition; rape bee pollen; tyrosinase activity; antioxidant properties; tyrosinase activity; rape bee pollen; phenolic composition; cAMP; glutathione synthesis; mRNA expression

Rape bee pollen possesses many nutritional and therapeutic properties because of its abundant nutrimental and bioactive components. In this study, free (FPE) and bound (BPE) phenolic extracts of rape bee pollen were obtained, phenolic and flavonoid contents were determined, and composition of phenol...