α-Arbutin CAS 84380-01-8 ndi yamphamvu komanso yotetezeka yoyera yoyera yomwe imadziwika kwambiri pantchito zodzikongoletsera.Ndi chinthu chodziwika bwino chomwe chimachokera ku masamba a zomera zina, monga bearberry, zomwe zimadziwika ndi zochititsa chidwi kwambiri zowunikira khungu.
Monga chogwiritsira ntchito, α-Arbutin imalepheretsa kupanga melanin, yomwe imayambitsa mawanga akuda, hyperpigmentation, ndi khungu losagwirizana.Imagwira ntchito poletsa ntchito ya tyrosinase, yomwe ndi yofunika kwambiri pakupanga melanin.Pochepetsa kupanga melanin, Alpha-Arbutin imathandizira kukhala ndi mawonekedwe owoneka bwino, owala komanso aunyamata.
Chimodzi mwazabwino zazikulu za α-Arbutin ndikukhazikika kwake, ndikupangitsa kuti ikhale yabwino pamapangidwe osiyanasiyana osamalira khungu.Mosiyana ndi zopangira zina zowunikira khungu, alpha-arbutin siwonongeka ikakumana ndi kusintha kwa kutentha kapena ma radiation a UV, kuwonetsetsa kuti ikugwira ntchito ngakhale pakupanga zovuta.