Natural skin‑whitening compounds for the treatment of melanogenesis (Review)
- Authors:
- Wenhui Qian
- Wenya Liu
- Dong Zhu
- Yanli Cao
- Anfu Tang
- Guangming Gong
- Hua Su
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Affiliations: Department of Pharmaceutics, Jinling Hospital, Nanjing University School of Medicine, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210002, P.R. China, School of Pharmacy, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210002, P.R. China - Published online on: April 24, 2020 https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2020.8687
- Pages: 173-185
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Copyright: © Qian et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License.
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