We studied the effect of algae pigment fucoxanthin on proliferative activity of melanocyte culture from human skin. Fucoxanthin in high concentrations can be cytotoxic, which was confirmed by changes in melanocyte morphology and a decrease in their proliferative activity.
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Translated from Kletochnye Tekhnologii v Biologii i Meditsine, No. 2, pp. 139-142, June, 2020
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Dzhussoeva, E.V., Gorkun, A.A., Zurina, I.M. et al. Influence of Fucoxanthin on Proliferative Activity of Human Melanocyte Culture. Bull Exp Biol Med 169, 596–599 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10517-020-04935-1
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