I-α-Arbutin CAS 84380-01-8 yiarhente enamandla kwaye ekhuselekileyo emhlophe edume kakhulu kwishishini lezithambiso.Yinto eyenzeka ngokwendalo evela kumagqabi ezityalo ezithile, ezifana ne-bearberry, eyaziwa ngeempawu zayo ezimangalisayo zokuqaqambisa ulusu.
Njengesithako esisebenzayo, i-α-Arbutin inqanda ngokufanelekileyo ukuveliswa kwe-melanin, ejongene namabala amnyama, i-hyperpigmentation, kunye nethoni yesikhumba esingalinganiyo.Isebenza ngokuthintela umsebenzi we-tyrosinase, obalulekileyo kwindlela ye-melanin synthesis.Ngokunciphisa imveliso ye-melanin, iAlpha-Arbutin inceda ukufezekisa ibala eliqaqambileyo, eliqaqambileyo nelitsha.
Enye yeenzuzo eziphambili ze-α-Arbutin kukuzinza kwayo okugqwesileyo, iyenza ilungele ukucwangciswa kokhathalelo lwesikhumba olwahlukeneyo.Ngokungafaniyo nezinye izithako ezikhanyisa ulusu, i-alpha-arbutin ayithobi xa ibonakaliswe kutshintsho lobushushu okanye imitha ye-UV, iqinisekisa ukusebenza kakuhle naphantsi kweemeko zokuqulunqa imingeni.