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China Surfactant Detergent & Cosmetics ›› 2021, Vol. 51 ›› Issue (3): 214-219.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1001-1803.2021.03.008

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Effects of blend essential oil on melanogenesis in B16 cells of mice

WANG Ying(),TANG Yin,WU Ya-ni()   

  1. School of Design, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai 200240, China
  • Received:2020-07-04 Revised:2021-03-08 Online:2021-03-22 Published:2021-03-23
  • Contact: Ya-ni WU E-mail:wangyingchn@126.com;ynwu@sjtu.edu.cn

Abstract:

In order to investigate the inhibitory effect of a blend essential oil on tyrosinase activity and melanin content, the composition of this blend essential oil was analyzed by GC-MS. Taking mouse melanoma cells (B16) with high melanin expression induced by melanocyte-stimulating hormone (α-MSH) as the model, the effects of the blend essential oil on melanocyte vitality were determined by trypan blue staining and CKK8 method. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and dopa oxidation method were used to measure melanin content and tyrosinase activity in cells. The results showed that the blend essential oil contained a large number of compounds such as pinene (26.19%) , linalool (12.98%) , santalol (9.39%) , linalyl acetate (9.16%) , etc.; the blend essential oil had no toxicity to B16 cells when the mass concentration was less than 0.1 g/L, and the cell proliferation rate was higher than 90%; the blend essential oil at different mass concentrations could significantly inhibit the tyrosinase activity and melanin content in B16 cells induced by α-MSH. When the mass concentration of blend essential oil was 0.1 g/L,it had the best inhibitory effect on melanin production, and the inhibitory rates on tyrosinase activity and melanin synthesis were 51.27% and 36.03%, respectively. In conclusion, the blend plant essential oil could significantly inhibit melanin synthesis and inhibit the tyrosinase activity in B16 cells.

Key words: compound essential oil, melanin content, tyrosinase inhibition, B16 melanoma cell

CLC Number: 

  • TQ658