SILK PROTEIN, SERICIN, INHIBITS LIPID-PEROXIDATION AND TYROSINASE ACTIVITY

Authors
KATO N SATO S YAMANAKA A YAMADA H FUWA N NOMURA M
Citation
N. Kato et al., SILK PROTEIN, SERICIN, INHIBITS LIPID-PEROXIDATION AND TYROSINASE ACTIVITY, Bioscience, biotechnology, and biochemistry, 62(1), 1998, pp. 145-147
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Biology,Agriculture,"Biothechnology & Applied Migrobiology","Food Science & Tenology
Journal title
Bioscience, biotechnology, and biochemistry → ACNP
ISSN journal
09168451
Volume
62
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Pages
145 - 147
Database
ISI
SICI code
0916-8451(1998)62:1<145:SPSILA>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
This study provided the first evidence for an antioxidant action of th e silk protein sericin by showing that sericin suppressed in vitro lip id peroxidation. Furthermore, sericin was found to inhibit tyrosinase activity. These results suggest that sericin may be a valuable natural ingredient for food and cosmetic industries.