α-Arbutin CAS 84380-01-8 wakili ne mai ƙarfi kuma mai aminci wanda ya shahara sosai a masana'antar kayan kwalliya.Wani fili ne da ke faruwa a zahiri wanda aka samo daga ganyen wasu tsire-tsire, kamar bearberry, wanda aka sani da kyawawan abubuwan da ke haskaka fata.
A matsayin kayan aiki mai aiki, α-Arbutin yana hana samar da melanin yadda ya kamata, wanda ke da alhakin tabo masu duhu, hyperpigmentation, da sautin fata mara daidaituwa.Yana aiki ta hanyar toshe ayyukan tyrosinase, wanda ke da mahimmanci a cikin hanyar haɗin melanin.Ta hanyar rage samar da melanin, Alpha-Arbutin yana taimakawa wajen cimma daidaito, mai haske da kuma samari.
Ɗaya daga cikin manyan fa'idodin α-Arbutin shine kyakkyawan kwanciyar hankali, yana sa ya dace da nau'ikan tsarin kulawa da fata.Ba kamar sauran abubuwan walƙiya na fata ba, alpha-arbutin baya ƙasƙanta lokacin da aka fallasa shi ga canje-canjen zafin jiki ko radiation UV, yana tabbatar da inganci ko da ƙarƙashin ƙalubalen ƙira.