Photostability determination of arbutin, a vegetable whitening agent

Farmaco

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 410-413

  Couteau, Céline ^a   Coiffard, Laurence J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

Author keywords

Aqueous solutions; Arbutin; pH effect; Photodegradation

Indexed keywords

ARBUTIN; BLEACHING AGENT; COSMETIC;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; KINETICS; MOLECULAR STABILITY; PH MEASUREMENT; PHOTODEGRADATION;

ARBUTIN; FOOD ADDITIVES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; LIGHT; PHOTOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 0033862895     PISSN: 0014827X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-827X(00)00049-5     Document Type: Article

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