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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Mol Pharmacol. 2008 Sep 18;74(6):1576–1586. doi: 10.1124/mol.108.050633

TABLE 2.

Structures of cinchona alkaloids and quinolines and their effects on melanin synthesis in melan-a cells

Compound Structure Inhibition

At 1 µM At 5 µM
%
Cinchonidine graphic file with name nihms130935t12.jpg 25.0 35.7
Hydrocinchonine graphic file with name nihms130935t13.jpg 24.0 37.3
Hydroquinidine graphic file with name nihms130935t14.jpg 30.9 52.3
Hydroquinidine 4-chlorobenzoate graphic file with name nihms130935t15.jpg 10.0 25.5
Hydroquinine graphic file with name nihms130935t16.jpg 30.5 67.5
Hydroquinine hydrobromide hydrate graphic file with name nihms130935t17.jpg 26.8 67.4
N-Benzylcinchonidinium chloride graphic file with name nihms130935t18.jpg 9.6 16.4