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CHEBI:85046 - skin lightening agent
| ChEBI ID | CHEBI:85046 |
| ChEBI Name | skin lightening agent |
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| Definition | Any cosmetic used to lighten the colour of skin by reducing the concentration of melanin. |
| Last Modified | 29 May 2024 |
| Submitter | Gareth Owen |
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| ChEBI Ontology |
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| Outgoing Relation(s) |
| skin lightening agent (CHEBI:85046) is a cosmetic (CHEBI:64857) |
| Incoming Relation(s) |
| L-ascorbic acid (CHEBI:29073) has role skin lightening agent (CHEBI:85046) |
| ellagic acid (CHEBI:4775) has role skin lightening agent (CHEBI:85046) |
| glutathione (CHEBI:16856) has role skin lightening agent (CHEBI:85046) |
| hydroquinone (CHEBI:17594) has role skin lightening agent (CHEBI:85046) |
| kojic acid (CHEBI:43572) has role skin lightening agent (CHEBI:85046) |
| nomilin (CHEBI:7609) has role skin lightening agent (CHEBI:85046) |
| Synonyms | Source |
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| melanogenesis inhibitor | ChEBI |
| melanogenesis inhibitors | ChEBI |
| skin bleaching agent | ChEBI |
| skin bleaching agents | ChEBI |
| skin depigmenting agent | ChEBI |
| skin depigmenting agents | ChEBI |
| Manual Xrefs | Databases |
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| Skin_whitening | Wikipedia |
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