ʻO α-Arbutin CAS 84380-01-8 he mea hoʻomaʻemaʻe ikaika a palekana i kaulana loa i ka ʻoihana hoʻonaninani.He mea hoʻohui kūlohelohe ia i loaʻa mai nā lau o kekahi mau mea kanu, e like me ka bearberry, i ʻike ʻia no kāna mau mea hoʻomālamalama ʻili.
Ma ke ʻano he mea hoʻoikaika ikaika, α-Arbutin ke kāohi pono i ka hana ʻana o ka melanin, nona ke kuleana no nā wahi ʻeleʻele, hyperpigmentation, a me ka ʻili ʻole o ka ʻili.Hana ia ma ka pale ʻana i ka hana o tyrosinase, he mea koʻikoʻi i ke ala melanin synthesis.Ma ka ho'ēmiʻana i ka hanaʻana o ka melanin, kōkuaʻo Alpha-Arbutin i ka loaʻaʻana o kaʻoi aku o ka maikaʻi, ka nani a me ka'ōpiopio.
ʻO kekahi o nā pōmaikaʻi nui o α-Arbutin ʻo ia kona kūpaʻa maikaʻi loa, e kūpono ana ia no nā ʻano hana mālama ʻili.ʻAʻole like me nā mea hoʻomālamalama ʻili ʻē aʻe, ʻaʻole e hoʻohaʻahaʻa ka alpha-arbutin i ka wā e ʻike ʻia ai i nā loli wela a i ʻole ka radiation UV, e hōʻoiaʻiʻo ana i ka pono ma lalo o nā kūlana hoʻohālikelike paʻakikī.