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Table 6 Skin whitening activity (%) of CPE, AA and PBE using mushroom tyrosinase against kojic acid (KA)

From: Phenolic composition, antioxidant, anti-wrinkles and tyrosinase inhibitory activities of cocoa pod extract

Sample

Concentration, μg/ml

IC 50     

 

7.8     

15.6     

31.3     

62.5     

125     

250     

500     

1000     

 

KA

18.07 ± 0.25bβ

22.44 ± 0.04bγ

11.17 ± 1.71cα

11.71 ± 1.27cα

24.12 ± 4.89bγ

52.22 ± 7.46bδ

47.78 ± 4.07bδ

68.80 ± 2.89cε

572.28

AA

8.29 ± 0.81cβ

7.25 ± 0.08cα

14.15 ± 2.88bγδε

13.51 ± 1.40c δ

11.84 ± 0.47cγ

25.26 ± 0.89d

18.61 ± 2.71cε

29.62 ± 1.51d€

670.82

PBE

42.57 ± 1.98aβγ

41.22 ± 2.21aβ

43.14 ± 2.78aβγ

44.16 ± 0.79aγ

48.31 ± 2.71aδ

36.67 ± 0.40c α

49.10 ± 2.97bδ

77.65 ± 4.51bε

315.16

CPE

16.17 ± 2.67bα

21.52 ± 2.29bβ

16.97 ± 3.48bαβ

27.78 ± 3.19bγ

41.99 ± 6.93aδ

62.23 ± 0.47aε

65.87 ± 4.20aε

86.51 ± 2.12a €

357.95

  1. a b c dDifferent alphabet in column means significantly different within concentration.
  2. α β γ δ ε € £different symbol means significantly different within concentration for each sample in row.