Kojic acid may be used on cut fruits to prevent oxidative browning, in seafood to preserve pink and red colors and in cosmetics to lighten skin. It is used to treat skin diseases like melasma as it has antibacterial and antifungal properties. It is used as a chelation agent that inhibits melanin production and also as a tyrosine kinase inhibitor.
This Thermo Scientific Chemicals brand product was originally part of the Alfa Aesar product portfolio. Some documentation and label information may refer to the legacy brand. The original Alfa Aesar product / item code or SKU reference has not changed as a part of the brand transition to Thermo Scientific Chemicals.
Solubility
Soluble in water, acetone (freely soluble), ethanol (freely soluble), methanol, DMSO, ethyl acetate (slightly soluble), chloroform (slightly soluble), pydidine (slightly soluble) and ether (slightly soluble). Insoluble in benzene.
Notes
Should be stored at room temperature. Stable under recommended storage conditions. Incompatible with oxidizing agents and bases.
RUO – Research Use Only
Juana Cabenes; Soledad Chazarra; Francisco Garcia-Carmona. Kojic acid, a cosmetic Skin whitening agent, is a slow-binding inhibitor of catecholase activity of tyrosinase. Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology. 1994, 46, (12),982-985
Jon S.Chen; Cheng I.Wei; Marty R.Marshall. Inhibition mechanism of kojic acid on polyphenol oxidase. J. Agric. Food Chem. 1991, 39, (11),1897-1901