Inhibition of Tyrosinase by Mercury Chloride: Spectroscopic and Docking Studies

• Main Authors: Jianmin Chen (Author), Yaling Ye (Author), Mengnan Ran (Author), Qinglian Li (Author), Zhipeng Ruan (Author), Nan Jin (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2020-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Inorganic mercury compounds have been used in skin-lightening products since ancient times. Although a previous study demonstrated that mercury impeded the transfer of Cu2+ to the apotyrosinase, the effect of mercury on tyrosinase is still unclear. In the present study, the mechanism of mercury chlo...