Kojic acid

Physical and chemical properties:

Appearance: Almost white crystal or crystal powder
Melt point (℃): 152-155
Stability: stable in heat condition, in light.
Specifications

paper drum 25 kgs net each.

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Uses:

Kojic acid is a kind of specialized inhibitor for melanin.It can prevent the tyrosinase activity through synthesizing with copper ion in the cells after it enters skin cells.Kojic acid and its derivative has better inhibitory effect on tyrosinase than any other skin whitening agents.At present it is assigned into various kinds of cosmetics (such as lotion,face mask,liquid cream and skin cream) for curing freckles,spots on the skin of old man,pigmentation andacne.Kojic acid in concentration of 20ug/ml is able to inhibit 70~80%of the activity of many kinds of tyrosinases (or polyphenoloxidase PPO).