promelanogenic
English
Etymology
pro- + melanogenic
Adjective
promelanogenic (comparative more promelanogenic, superlative most promelanogenic)
- Promoting the production of melanin.
- 2010 November, D. Kovacs, “Role of fibroblast‐derived growth factors in regulating hyperpigmentation of solar lentigo”, in British Journal of Dermatology, volume 163, number 5, page 1020:
- We first investigated the possible involvement of promelanogenic growth factors released by mesenchymal cells in the hyperpigmentation of SL lesions.
- 2015 November 5, “(E)-4-(3,4-Dimethoxyphenyl)but-3-en-1-ol Enhances Melanogenesis through Increasing Upstream Stimulating Factor-1-Mediated Tyrosinase Expression”, in PLOS ONE, DOI::
- Furthermore, the promelanogenic effect of DMPB was evident in an in vivo guinea pig model (Fig 6).
-