Kojic Acid Showed Consistent Inhibitory Activity on Tyrosinase from Mushroom and in Cultured B16F10 Cells Compared with Arbutins

• Main Authors: Wei Wang (Author), Ying Gao (Author), Weiwei Wang (Author), Jianyong Zhang (Author), Junfeng Yin (Author), Ting Le (Author), Jinjin Xue (Author), Ulrich H. Engelhardt (Author), Heyuan Jiang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2022-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Kojic acid, β-arbutin, α-arbutin, and deoxyarbutin have been reported as tyrosinase inhibitors in many articles, but some contradictions exist in their differing results. In order to provide some explanations for these contradictions and to find the most suitable compound as a positive control for s...