promelanogenic

English

Etymology

pro- +‎ melanogenic

Adjective

promelanogenic (comparative more promelanogenic, superlative most promelanogenic)

1. 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^[1], →DOI:

     Furthermore, the promelanogenic effect of DMPB was evident in an in vivo guinea pig model (Fig 6).