ASCORBIC ACID: SKIN LIGHTENING AND ANTIOXIDANT POWER
• Interferes with the different steps of melanization, by interacting with copper ions at the tyrosinase active site and reducing dopaquinone and DHICA oxidation.
• Known for its antioxidant activity in the collagen biosynthetic pathway as well as photoprotective properties.

KOJIC ACID: A SAFE AND EFFICIENT SKIN LIGHTENER
• Inhibits the catecholase activity of tyrosinase, which is the rate-limiting, essential enzyme in the biosynthesis of the skin pigment melanin.
• Studies have proven its efficiency in treating hyperpigmentation and particularly the melasma

PHYTIC ACID: SKIN LIGHTENER – ANTIOXIDANT AND ANTI-INFLAMMATORY POWER
• Inhibits the tyrosinase process, responsible for skin pigmentation.
• Presents anti-oxidant and anti-inflammatory properties, important for keeping the skin healthy

PYRUVIC ACID: LIGHTENING AND ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT
• It is an á-keto acid that presents keratolytic, antimicrobial, and sebostatic properties
• Has the ability to stimulate new collagen production and elastic fibers formation
• Clinically proven efficiency in the treatment of photodamaged skin and melasma

MORUS ALBA: MULBERRY LEAVES HAVE LIGHTENING AND ANTIOXIDANT PROPERTIES
• The extracts of dried morus alba inhibited the tyrosinase activity that converts dopa to dopachrome in the biosynthetic process of melanin (in vitro study)
• Exhibited also a superoxide scavenging activity that is involved in the protection against auto-oxidation.