REVIEW Arbutin is a glycosylated hydroquinone extracted from the bearberry plant in the genus Arctostaphylos that is used as a skin-lightening agent. It inhibits tyrosinase and thus prevents the formation of melanin.
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Carmen Pop, Laurian Vlase, Mircea Tamas, Natural Resources Containing Arbutin. Determination of Arbutin in the Leaves of Bergenia crassifolia (L.) Fritsch. acclimated in Romania. Not. Bot. Hort. Agrobot. Cluj 2009, 37 (1): 129-132.
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