Gaia Rocchitta, Carla Rozzo, Marina Pisano, Davide Fabbri, Maria Antonietta Dettori, Paolo Ruzza, Claudia Honisch, Roberto Dallocchio, Alessandro Dessì, Rossana Migheli, PierAndrea Serra, Giovanna Delogu
Tyrosinase is a well-known copper-containing metalloenzyme typically involved in the synthesis of melanin. Recently, curcumin and several synthetic derivatives have been recognized as tyrosinase inhibitors with interesting anti-melanogenic therapeutic activity. In this study, three curcumin-inspired compounds 1 , 6 and 7 were prepared in yields ranging from 60 to 88 % and spectrophotometric, electrochemical, in vitro and in silico analyses were carried out. The viability of PC12 cells, a rat pheochromocytoma derived-cell line, with compounds 1 , 6 and 7 , showed values around 80% at 5 µM concentration...
November 16, 2022: Molecules: a Journal of Synthetic Chemistry and Natural Product Chemistry