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ArticleScientific reports2016

Influence of plasma-activated compounds on melanogenesis and tyrosinase activity.

Anser Ali, Zaman Ashraf, Naresh Kumar, Muhammad Rafiq, Farukh Jabeen, Ji Hoon Park, Ki Hong Choi, SeungHyun Lee, Sung-Yum Seo, Eun Ha Choi and 1 more

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Article in Scientific reports, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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11 authors at 4 institutions in 4 countries.

Anser AliDepartment of Plasma-Bio Display, Kwangwoon University, 20 Kwangwoon-gil, Nowon-gu, Seoul 139-701, Republic of Korea.
Zaman AshrafDepartment of Biology, College of Natural Sciences, Kongju National University, Gongju 314-701, Republic of Korea.
Naresh KumarDepartment of Plasma-Bio Display, Kwangwoon University, 20 Kwangwoon-gil, Nowon-gu, Seoul 139-701, Republic of Korea.
Muhammad RafiqDepartment of Biology, College of Natural Sciences, Kongju National University, Gongju 314-701, Republic of Korea.
Farukh JabeenFlorida Center of Heterocyclic Compounds, University of Florida, Gainesville, Fl, 32601, USA.
Ji Hoon ParkDepartment of Electrical and Biological Physics, Kwangwoon University, 20 Kwangwoon-gil, Nowon-gu, Seoul 139-701, Republic of Korea.
Ki Hong ChoiDepartment of Electrical and Biological Physics, Kwangwoon University, 20 Kwangwoon-gil, Nowon-gu, Seoul 139-701, Republic of Korea.
SeungHyun LeeDepartment of Plasma-Bio Display, Kwangwoon University, 20 Kwangwoon-gil, Nowon-gu, Seoul 139-701, Republic of Korea.
Sung-Yum SeoDepartment of Biology, College of Natural Sciences, Kongju National University, Gongju 314-701, Republic of Korea.
Eun Ha ChoiDepartment of Plasma-Bio Display, Kwangwoon University, 20 Kwangwoon-gil, Nowon-gu, Seoul 139-701, Republic of Korea.
Pankaj AttriPlasma Bioscience Research Center, Kwangwoon University, 20 Kwangwoon-gil, Nowon-gu, Seoul 139-701, Republic of Korea.
Kwangwoon University · KRKongju National University · KRKyushu University · JPUniversity of Florida · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Many organic chemists around the world synthesize medicinal compounds or extract multiple compounds from plants in order to increase the activity and quality of medicines. In this work, we synthesized new eugenol derivatives (ED) and then treated them with an N2 feeding gas atmospheric pressure plasma jet (APPJ) to increase their utility. We studied the tyrosinase-inhibition activity (activity test) and structural changes (circular dichroism) of tyrosinase with ED and plasma activated eugenol derivatives (PAED) in a cell-free environment. Later, we used docking studies to determine the possible interaction sites of ED and PAED compounds with tyrosinase enzyme. Moreover, we studied the possible effect of ED and PAED on melanin synthesis and its mechanism in melanoma (B16F10) cells. Additionally, we investigated the structural changes that occurred in activated ED after plasma treatment using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR). Hence, this study provides a new perspective on PAED for the field of plasma medicine.

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AgaricalesAnimalsAtmospheric PressureCell SurvivalCircular DichroismCyclic AMPEnzyme InhibitorsEugenolIntracellular SpaceKineticsMelaninsMelanoma, ExperimentalMiceMicrophthalmia-Associated Transcription FactorMolecular Docking SimulationMonophenol MonooxygenaseCyclic AMPEnzyme InhibitorsEugenolMelaninsMicrophthalmia-Associated Transcription FactorMonophenol MonooxygenaseOxidoreductasesPlasma GasesReactive Oxygen Speciestyrosinase-related protein-1

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