The Comparison of Total Phenolics, Total Antioxidant, and Anti-Tyrosinase Activities of Korean Sargassum Species

Table 3

Tyrosinase inhibition activity of Sargassums.

	L-tyrosine (mg KAE/g dw)	L-DOPA (mg KAE/g dw)
S. confusum	15.63 ± 1.76^g	19.65 ± 3.11^b
S. coreanum	18.97 ± 4.31^g	26.23 ± 11.13^b
S. filicinum	117.63 ± 1.61^b	50.07 ± 1.23^a
S. hemiphyllum	88.6 ± 3.61^c	47.3 ± 1.61^a
S. horneri	43.47 ± 1.44^e	30.32 ± 1.15^b
S. macrocarpum	14.63 ± 2.36^g	19.57 ± 0.88^b
S. micracanthum	13.30 ± 0.50^g	19.98 ± 0.75^b
S. miyabei Yendo	70.47 ± 2.57^d	26.07 ± 2.92^b
S. serratifolium	50.47 ± 4.16^e	29.73 ± 7.81^b
S. siliquastrum	41.97 ± 0.76^f	24.32 ± 1.53^b
S. yendoi	126.3 ± 0.50^a	52.65 ± 0.14^a

L-tyrosine and L-DOPA were used to measure the tyrosinase inhibitor ability. Tyrosinase inhibition abilities were expressed as mg kojic acid equivalent (KAE)/g dw. Different letters indicate significant difference ().