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A novel tyrosinase inhibitor, an arbutin derivative having undecylenic acid at the 6-position of its glucose moiety, was enzymatically synthesized. Its inhibitory activity was studied in vitro by using catechol and phenol as substrates. The IC50 value of the arbutin ester on tyrosinase using catechol (4 × 10−4 M) was 1% of that when arbutin (4 × 10−2 M) was used. Using phenol, IC50 of the arbutin ester (3 × 10−4 M) as substrate was 10% of that of arbutin (3 × 10−3 M). These results suggest that the arbutin ester inhibits the latter part of the tyrosinase reaction, which consists of hydroxylation and oxidation.
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Tokiwa, Y., Kitagawa, M. & Raku, T. Enzymatic synthesis of arbutin undecylenic acid ester and its inhibitory effect on mushroom tyrosinase. Biotechnol Lett 29, 481–486 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10529-006-9267-4
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