Journal
FOOD CHEMISTRY
Volume 123, Issue 2, Pages 254-262Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2010.04.025
Keywords
Antioxidant; Antimelanogenic; Origanum vulgare; Rosmarinic acid methyl ester
Funding
- National Science Council of the Republic of China, Taiwan [NSC 95-2622-B-041-004-CC3, NSC 97-2320-B-041-002-MY3, NSC 98-2622-E-041-011-CC3]
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Rosmarinic acid methyl ester (Ov-8) was isolated form Origanum vulgare. The antioxidant activities of Ov-8 were evaluated by measuring radical-scavenging activities, reducing power, and inhibition of lipid peroxidation, using liposomes and mice tissue. The percentage inhibition, by Ov-8, of the activities of reactive oxygen species (ROSs) in H2O2-treated BNLCL2 cells was about 116.0-82.3% of that in H2O2-treated cells. The ability of Ov-8 to reduce tyrosinase, DOPA oxidase and melanin contents in 616 cells exceeded those of arbutin and L-ascorbic acid. Ov-8 reduced the expressions of the melanocortin-1 receptor (MC1R), microphthalmia-associated transcription factor (MITF), tyrosinase, tyrosinase-related proteins-2 (TRP-2) and TRP-1 in B16 cells. Applying Ov-8-gel to mice increased L* and reduced the erythema (E*) and melanin (M*) indices in relation to those of the base-gel and untreated groups. These results suggest that Ov-8 exhibits antioxidant and depigmentation activities that may be useful in food additives and in the control of skin pigmentation. Crown Copyright (C) 2010 Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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