Evaluation of inhibitory efficacy of GAE on the 3D-human
skin model
The reconstructed human epidermis (MEL-300-B) was
incubated with 20 nM SCF in the presence of GAE (100
and 200 μg/mL) for 14 days. Human recombinant SCF
was added three times for 14 days. To measure the
degree of pigmentation, L-values were measured using a
CR-300 chromameter (Minolta, Tokyo, Japan).