He matū tūturu te arbutin e kitea ana i roto i ngā momo tipu, inā koa i roto i te tipu bearberry (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi), i ngā karanipere, i ngā pūriri, me ngā pea. Nō roto i tētahi akomanga matū e mōhiotia ana ko ngā glycosides. Ko ngā momo matua e rua o te arbutin ko te alpha-arbutin me te beta-arbutin.
E mōhiotia ana te arbutin mō ōna āhuatanga whakamārama kiri, nā te mea ka aukati i te mahi a te tyrosinase, he whākōkī e uru ana ki te hanga melanin. Ko te melanin te tae e kawenga ana mō te tae o te kiri, te makawe, me ngā kanohi. Mā te aukati i te tyrosinase, ka āwhina te arbutin ki te whakaiti i te hanga melanin, ka hua ake he kiri mārama.
Nā te mea he pānga whakamārama kiri tōna, he wāhanga noa te arbutin i roto i ngā hua whakapaipai me te tiaki kiri. He maha ngā wā ka whakamahia i roto i ngā whakatakotoranga i hangaia hei whakatika i ngā take pēnei i te whero o te kiri, ngā ira pango, me te tae kiri kāore i te ōrite. E kiia ana he momo ngāwari ake i ētahi atu mea whakamārama kiri, pēnei i te hydroquinone, he kaha ake te pānga ki te kiri.
He mea nui kia mōhiotia ahakoa e kiia ana he haumaru te arbutin mō te whakamahinga ā-kiri, me tūpato te hunga he kiri tairongo, he mate pāwera rānei, me te whakamātautau i tētahi papaki i mua i te whakamahi i ngā hua kei roto te arbutin. Pērā i ngā kai tiaki kiri katoa, he mea tika kia kōrero ki tētahi tohunga kiri, ki tētahi tohunga hauora rānei mō ngā tohutohu whaiaro.
Wā tuku: Hakihea-27-2023