Tope Grade Beta Arbutin Powder 497-76-7 CAS NO.497-76-7

Xi'an ZB Biotech Co., Ltd is specialized in researching, producing and selling herbal extract and API powder, which are mainly used in nutraceutical, cosmetic, beverage and food additives etc.

Owing plant base, extracting and purifying in GMP workshop, concentrating on the quality and cost each link. That XAZB Biotech is aiming of benefiting the world with lowest price but best products.

We are keeping overcritical on the quality and persisting in the profession all the time. XAZB owns two standardized production workshops, advanced multifunction extractors and juice concentrate equipment, covering 12,000m2. annual dried material processed 950MT, monthly production ability 60MT. 32 scientists are in R&D team. We have strict QC standards and perfect quality guarantee system, GMP certified, also FDA, ISO9001 and Halal certified. 

We also build an integrative marketing center in Xi'an city, China, involving in research, test, sale and service. With full qualification and exporting experience, our products are widely sold to more than 40 countries from Europe, America, Southeast Asia, Oceania and so on

What's Arbutin？

Arbutin is an ideal whitening agent for whitening cosmetics. It is also known as hydroquinone glycoside. There are two types of optical isomers, alpha and beta. ß isomers are biologically active. It is white with yellowish powder at room temperature. Soluble in water, methanol, ethanol, propylene glycol and glycerol aqueous solution, no precipitation after dissolution. Insoluble in
chloroform, diethyl ether, petroleum ether, etc. Arbutin is often added to many skin lightening products. Arbutin is named for its presence in the rhododendron family of the genus Arbutin. Subsequently, it was found in the leaves of bilberry of Duzhong family, pear of Rosaceae (European pear, small mountain pear), and tiger grass of Tiger grass family, etc. After extraction, it is used as a drug and cosmetic additive.

Application

1. In medicine, it is used as a diuretic, an anti-infective drug for the urinary system, and also as a stabilizer for color photography development. It is used in cosmetics for whitening, freckle removal, and hair care.
2. A glycosylated hydroquinone for the study of melatonin biosynthesis and as an inhibitor for the identification, differentiation and characterization of tyrosinase. Arbutin is a glycosylated hydroquinone extracted from the bearberry plant. Arbutin is a known inhibitor of tyrosinase, which in turn prevents the formation of melanin. Arbutin is often used as a whitening agent in cosmetics.
3. Inhibit melanocyte tyrosinase activity, inhibit melanin production by inhibiting melanin synthase.