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Biotransformation of mulberroside A from Morus alba results in enhancement of tyrosinase inhibition

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Mulberroside A, a glycosylated stilbene, was isolated and identified from the ethanol extract of the roots of Morus alba. Oxyresveratrol, the aglycone of mulberroside A, was produced by enzymatic hydrolysis of mulberroside A using the commercial enzyme Pectinex®. Mulberroside A and oxyresveratrol showed inhibitory activity against mushroom tyrosinase with an IC50 of 53.6 and 0.49 μM, respectively. The tyrosinase inhibitory activity of oxyresveratrol was thus approximately 110-fold higher than that of mulberroside A. Inhibition kinetics showed mulberroside A to be a competitive inhibitor of mushroom tyrosinase with l-tyrosine and l-DOPA as substrate. Oxyresveratrol showed mixed inhibition and noncompetitive inhibition against l-tyrosine and l-DOPA, respectively, as substrate. The results indicate that the tyrosinase inhibitory activity of mulberroside A was greatly enhanced by the bioconversion process.

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This study was supported by the Technology Development Program for Agriculture and Forestry, Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Republic of Korea.

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  1. Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Korea Polytechnic University, Shihung-si, Kyunggi-do, 429-793, South Korea

    Jeong-Keun Kim & Mijin Kim

  2. Department of Animal Biotechnology, Konkuk University, Seoul, 143-701, South Korea

    Ssang-Goo Cho

  3. Samkyung Costech Co., Ltd., Ansan City, Kyunggi-do, 425-866, South Korea

    Myung-Kyoo Kim

  4. Department of Biomedical Science, College of Health Science, Korea University, Seoul, 136-703, South Korea

    Suhng Wook Kim & Young-Hee Lim

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Kim, JK., Kim, M., Cho, SG. et al. Biotransformation of mulberroside A from Morus alba results in enhancement of tyrosinase inhibition. J Ind Microbiol Biotechnol 37, 631–637 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10295-010-0722-9

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