Iyini i-Arbutin?

I-Arbutin iyinhlanganisela eyenzeka ngokwemvelo etholakala ezitshalweni ezihlukahlukene, ikakhulukazi esitshalweni se-bearberry (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi), ama-cranberries, ama-blueberries, namapheya. Kungokwesigaba sezinhlanganisela ezaziwa ngokuthi ama-glycosides. Izinhlobo ezimbili eziyinhloko ze-arbutin yi-alpha-arbutin ne-beta-arbutin.

I-Arbutin yaziwa ngezakhiwo zayo ezikhanyisa isikhumba, njengoba ivimbela umsebenzi we-tyrosinase, i-enzyme ebandakanyeka ekukhiqizeni i-melanin. I-Melanin iyi-pigment ebangela umbala wesikhumba, izinwele, namehlo. Ngokuvimbela i-tyrosinase, i-arbutin isiza ukunciphisa ukukhiqizwa kwe-melanin, okuholela ekukhanyeni kwesikhumba.

Ngenxa yemiphumela yayo ekhanyisa isikhumba, i-arbutin iyisithako esivamile emikhiqizweni yezimonyo neye-skincare. Ivamise ukusetshenziswa ekwakhiweni okudizayinelwe ukubhekana nezinkinga ezifana ne-hyperpigmentation, amabala amnyama, nethoni yesikhumba engalingani. Kubhekwa njengenye indlela ethambile kunezinye izinto ezikhanyisa isikhumba, njenge-hydroquinone, engase ibe nzima kakhulu esikhumbeni.

Kubalulekile ukuqaphela ukuthi nakuba i-arbutin ngokuvamile ibhekwa njengephephile ekusetshenzisweni kwezihloko, abantu abanesikhumba esibucayi noma abangezwani nakho kufanele baqaphele futhi benze ukuhlolwa kwesichibi ngaphambi kokusebenzisa imikhiqizo equkethe i-arbutin. Njenganoma yisiphi isithako sokunakekelwa kwesikhumba, kuyatuseka ukuthintana nodokotela wesikhumba noma uchwepheshe wezokunakekelwa kwezempilo ukuze uthole iseluleko esiqondene nawe.