I-Azelaic acid, eyaziwa ngokuba yi-nonanedioic acid, i-dicarboxylic acid egcweleyo kunye ne-molecular formula C9H16O4.Kubonakala ngathi ngumgubo wekristale omhlophe, ongenavumba, uwenza ukuba anyibilike ngokulula kwizinyibilikisi eziqhelekileyo zendalo ezifana ne-ethanol kunye ne-acetone.Ngapha koko, inobunzima bemolekyuli ye-188.22 g/mol.
Iasidi yeAzelaic ifumene ukuthandwa okubalulekileyo ngenxa yoluhlu lwayo losetyenziso kwiindawo ezahlukeneyo.Kumzi-mveliso wokhathalelo lwesikhumba, ibonisa iipropathi ezinamandla zokulwa nokudumba, iyenza ibe sisithako esifanelekileyo sokunyanga iimeko ezahlukeneyo zolusu, kubandakanya i-acne, rosacea, kunye ne-hyperpigmentation.Inceda ukuvala iipores, ukunciphisa ukudumba, kunye nokulawula ukuveliswa kwe-oyile ngokugqithisileyo, okukhokelela eluswini olucacileyo nolusempilweni.
Ukongeza, i-azelaic acid ibonise isithembiso kwicandelo lezolimo njenge-bio-stimulant.Isakhono sayo sokwandisa ukukhula kweengcambu, iphotosynthesis, kunye nokufunxwa kwezondlo kwizityalo kuyenza ibe lolona khetho lubalaseleyo lokuphucula isivuno kunye nomgangatho uwonke.Isenokusetyenziswa njengesithinteli esinamandla kwiintsholongwane ezithile zezityalo, ukukhusela ngokufanelekileyo izityalo kwizifo.