Ingredient
Alpha-Arbutin
Korean label: 알파-아부틴
A lab-made, more stable form of arbutin (a glycoside of hydroquinone) that competitively inhibits tyrosinase, the key enzyme in melanin production, to gradually fade dark spots and even out skin tone.
Key facts
- INCI name
- Alpha-Arbutin
- Also known as
- 알파-아부틴
- Evidence grade
- moderate evidence
- In our catalog
- Found in 66 of the 3,739 products we've decoded
- Pregnancy
- Caution
- Reviewed
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