Table 7. Inhibition effects on tyrosinase in the extracts of Metaplexis japonica Makino from leaf and stem
| Sample1) | Tyrosinase inhibition (%) |
| 62.5 μg/mL | 125 μg/mL | 250 μg/mL | 500 μg/mL | 1,000 μg/mL |
| ALWE | 12.71±0.59b3) | 17.87±3.51b | 29.07±4.06b | 32.65±1.23bc | 40.21±1.03c |
| ASWE | 9.90±0.92b | 11.34±2.13c | 15.95±1.74cd | 24.67±3.94c | 27.56±7.64d |
| ALEE | 4.47±0.91c | 11.55±2.93c | 12.85±2.93d | 32.99±4.88bc | 57.04±2.10b |
| ASEE | 13.81±0.92b | 18.35±1.69b | 20.82±2.54c | 37.25±7.93b | 44.67±4.64c |
| AsA2) | 53.33±4.36a | 73.68±3.78a | 74.98±5.42a | 89.42±2.10a | 100.00±0.00a |
ALWE, Aneilema japonica leaf water extract; ASWE, Aneilema japonica stem water extract; ALEE, Aneilema japonica leaf ethanol extract; ASEE, Aneilema japonica stem ethanol extract.
AsA, ascorbic acid.
All value are expressed as mean±SD of triplicate Determinations. Different superscripts within the column are significantly different at p<0.05 by Duncan‘s multiple range test.