Melatonin and its metabolites accumulate in the human epidermis in vivo and inhibit proliferation and tyrosinase activity in epidermal melanocytes in vitro.

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• Publication year

  2015

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  Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

• Publication date

  2015-03-15

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine

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  DOI 10.1016/j.mce.2014.07.024PMID 25168391PMCID PMC4344443
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