Recent advances in the design and discovery of synthetic tyrosinase inhibitors

J Li, L Feng, L Liu, F Wang, L Ouyang, L Zhang… - European Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Tyrosinase is a copper-containing metalloenzyme that is responsible for the rate-limiting
catalytic step in the melanin biosynthesis and enzymatic browning. As a promising target …

Understanding the combined effect and inhibition mechanism of 4-hydroxycinnamic acid and ferulic acid as tyrosinase inhibitors

Q Yu, L Fan - Food Chemistry, 2021 - Elsevier
The development of tyrosinase inhibitors to prevent the enzymatic browning have become a
research hotspot in food industry. 4-Hydroxycinnamic acid (CA) and ferulic acid (FA) are …

Coumarin-based compounds as inhibitors of tyrosinase/tyrosine hydroxylase: Synthesis, kinetic studies, and in silico approaches

JA Nunes, RSA Araújo, FN Silva, J Cytarska… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Cancer represents the main cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, constituting a
serious health problem. In this context, melanoma represents the most aggressive and fatal …

Inhibitory effects and molecular mechanism on mushroom tyrosinase by condensed tannins isolation from the fruit of Ziziphus jujuba Mill. var. spinosa (Bunge) Hu ex …

W Song, LL Liu, YJ Ren, SD Wei, HB Yang - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
The structure of extracted condensed tannin (CT) from the fruit of Sour jujube (Ziziphus
jujuba Mill. var. spinosa (Bunge) Hu ex HF Chow) and the molecular mechanisms by which …

Synthesis, biological activities and molecular docking studies of some novel 2, 4, 5-trisubstituted-1, 2, 4-triazole-3-one derivatives as potent tyrosinase inhibitors

Ş Akın, EA Demir, A Colak, Y Kolcuoglu… - Journal of Molecular …, 2019 - Elsevier
Tyrosinase plays a central role in the biosynthesis pathway of melanin pigment and its
activity has also been linked to Parkinson's and other neurodegenerative diseases. Melanin …

Unravelling the mechanism of tyrosinase inhibition by arylpiperidine and arylpiperazine derivatives: A computational approach

LS Martins, BA Bentes, T Naicker, T Govender… - Computational and …, 2025 - Elsevier
Melanogenesis produces human melanin, which protects against UV radiation but can lead
to skin issues and severe cancers if not appropriately regulated. The enzyme tyrosinase …

Three-Component Synthesis of 2-Amino-3-cyano-4H-chromenes, In Silico Analysis of Their Pharmacological Profile, and In Vitro Anticancer and Antifungal Testing

A Feliciano, O Gómez-García, CH Escalante… - Pharmaceuticals, 2021 - mdpi.com
Chromenes are compounds that may be useful for inhibiting topoisomerase and
cytochrome, enzymes involved in the growth of cancer and fungal cells, respectively. The …

The role of anthocyanins, deoxyanthocyanins and pyranoanthocyanins on the modulation of tyrosinase activity: An in vitro and in silico approach

P Correia, H Oliveira, P Araújo, NF Brás… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Tyrosinase is the central enzyme involved in the highly complex process of melanin
formation, catalyzing the rate-limiting steps of this biosynthetic pathway. Due to such a …

Theoretical studies of cyanophycin dipeptides as inhibitors of tyrosinases

A Krzemińska, N Kwiatos, F Arenhart Soares… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
The three-dimensional structure of tyrosinase has been crystallized from many species but
not from Homo sapiens. Tyrosinase is a key enzyme in melanin biosynthesis, being an …

Analysis of kojic acid derivatives as competitive inhibitors of tyrosinase: a molecular modeling approach

R Cardoso, R Valente, CH Souza da Costa… - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Tyrosinases belong to the functional copper-containing proteins family, and their structure
contains two copper atoms, in the active site, which are coordinated by three histidine …