Polyphenols Displaying Tyrosinase Inhibition from the Seed of Psoralea corylifolia

Three chalcones and two flavanones displaying tyrosinase inhibitory activity were isolated from the seed of Psoralea corylifolia, a cultivated edible plant. The isolated compounds were elucidated as known isovabachalcone, 4′-O-methylbavachalcone, isobavachromene, corylifolin, and bavachinin. The inhibitory potencies of the polyphenols toward monophenolase activity of mushroom tyrosinase were investigated. The inhibitory concentration (IC50) values of compounds 1–5 for monophenolase activity were determined to be 12.3, 48.8, 15.8, 23.6, and 143.9 μM, respectively. The potent inhibitors 1–4 exhibited the competitive inhibition characteristics in analysis of Lineweaver-Burks and Dixon-plot.

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