Table 2.
Alkanal inhibitory activity UV-Vis absorption at 475 nm of 500 μM of L-DOPA with tyrosinase and various alkanals at 500 μM and percentage fluorescence of alkanals on L-DOPA. Asterisk indicates values of P < 0.05 were considered statistically significant (*).
Compound | % Change of enzyme inhibition Pre-incubated | % Fluorescence |
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C6 | 2 | 89 |
C7 | 3 | 80 |
C8 | 5 | 75 |
C9 | 8 | 25 |
C10 | 36* | 50 |
C12 | 32* | 20 |