I-Arbutin yinxalenye yendalo eyenzeka ngokwemvelo efumaneka kwizityalo ezahlukeneyo, ngakumbi kwiBebberry (iArctostaphys (iArctostaphys ye-Uva-Uri), i-cranberries, iibluerries, kunye neeperile. Yeyoklasi elibizwa ngokuba yi-Glycossides. Iindidi ezimbini eziphambili ze-arbutin yi-alpha-arbutin kunye ne-beta-arbutin.
I-Arbutin yaziwa ngokuba ziipropathi zayo ezikhanyisayo, njengoko zithintela umsebenzi weTyrosinase, i-enzyme ebandakanyekileyo kwimveliso ye-melanin. I-Melanin yi-pigment enombala wombala wolusu, iinwele, amehlo. Ngokuphathelele i-tyrosinase, i-arbutin inceda ukunciphisa ukuveliswa kwe-melanin, ekhokelela kwithoni yokukhanya.
Ngenxa yefuthe le-Styring yalo elikhanyayo, i-Arbutin sisithako esiqhelekileyo kwimveliso ye-cosmetic kunye ne-skeccare. Ihlala isetyenziswa kwiziko lenzelwe ukulungisa imiba efana nokuhlisela, amabala amnyama, kunye nethoni engalinganiyo. Ithathwa njengeyona nto imbi kakhulu kwezinye iiarhente ezikhanyisayo zolusu, ezinje nge-hydroquinone, enokubakho ngaphezulu kwesikhumba.
Kubalulekile ukuba uqaphele ukuba ngelixa i-arbutin ithathelwa ingqalelo ukuba ikhuseleke ngokusetyenziswa, abantu abanolusu olunobuthathaka okanye i-allergies kufuneka balumke kwaye benze uvavanyo lwe-patch ngaphambi kokuba basebenzise iimveliso eziqukethe i-arbutin. Njengaso nasiphi na isithako seSkhure, kuyacetyiswa ukuba sinxibelelane ne-dermatologist okanye ingcali yezempilo yengcebiso ebhalwe ngumntu.
I-Post Time: Dec-27 ukuya ku-2003