Kojic acid-tripeptide amide as a new tyrosinase inhibitor

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Twenty two kojic acid-tripeptide amides were prepared using a solid-phase Fmoc/tBu strategy with Rink Amide SURE® resin. To effectively obtain kojic acid-tripeptide amide conjugates, the coupling conditions of kojic acid to the tripeptide on the resin were optimized. The tyrosinase inhibitory activity of kojic acid-tripeptide amides and the effect of the amino acid sequence on the activity were compared with those of kojic acid-tripeptide acids. The stability of kojic acid-tripeptide amides were then compared with those of kojic acid and kojic acid-tripeptides acids. As a consequence, kojic acid-FWY-NH2 proved to be the best compound, with the highest inhibitory activity, which was maintained over different storage times under various temperatures and pHs. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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Noh, J. M., Kwak, S. Y., Kim, D. H., & Lee, Y. S. (2007). Kojic acid-tripeptide amide as a new tyrosinase inhibitor. In Biopolymers - Peptide Science Section (Vol. 88, pp. 300–307). https://doi.org/10.1002/bip.20670

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