Kojic Acid Natural Source Whitening Color Protecting Anticorrosion Food Dditive

• Certification: ISO
• Assay Method: UV
• Application Form: Powder
• Application: Food, Health Care Products, Tablet Candy Solid Drink
• State: Powder
• Extract Source: Microbial Fermentation
• Model NO.: >99%
• Transport Package: 1kg/Bag; 15kg/Carton; 25kg/Drum
• Specification: Collagen>98%
• Trademark: QINGYA
• Origin: China
• HS Code: 1302199099
• Production Capacity: 5000kg/Months

Product Description

Product physical and chemical properties

Product name:kojic acid Powder

Extraction source: Microbial fermentation

Active Ingredient:kojic acid

Chemical Name: 5-hydroxy-2-hydroxymethyl-4-pyranone

Chemical formula: C₆H₆O₄

Chemical molecular weight: 142.10944

CAS No.:501-30-4

EINECS number: 207-922-4

Other Name:Aspergillic acid

Appearance: White solid powder

Specification: >99%

Extraction method: HPLC

Packaging specification: 25kg/Drum, customized packaging according to customer requirements

Storage method: Keep in a cool and dry place, away from light, use as soon as possible after opening.

Product Description
Kojic acid, also known as aspergillic acid, kojic acid, is a melanin-specific inhibitor. After entering skin cells, it can be complexed with copper ions in the cells, change the stereostructure of tyrosinase, prevent the activation of tyrosinase, and thus inhibit the formation of melanin. Kojic acid whitening active agents have better tyrosinase inhibition effect than other whitening active agents. It does not act on other biological enzymes in the cell, has no toxic effect on the cell, and it can also enter the intercellular substance to form intercellular glia, which plays the role of water retention and increasing skin elasticity. At present, it has been used in various cosmetics to make whitening cosmetics for freckles, age spots, pigmentation and acne.
Kojic acid also has the function of scavenging free radicals, enhancing cell vitality, food preservation and color protection, and is widely used in medicine and food fields

Function&Application  
1. Food processing field.
Kojic acid can be used as a food additive to keep fresh, prevent corrosion and resist oxidation. Experimental results show that kojic acid can inhibit the conversion of sodium nitrite into carcinogenic nitrosamines, and adding kojic acid to food does not affect the taste, aroma and texture of food. Kojic acid is also a raw material for the production of maltol and ethyl maltol. Kojic acid is widely used in food processing.
2. Medical field.
Since kojic acid has no mutagenic effect on eukarytic cells, and can eliminate internal free radicals in the human body and enhance the dynamics of white blood cells, it is conducive to human health, so kojic acid has been used as a raw material of cephalosporin anti-antibiotics, and the finished drugs produced are used to treat headache, toothache and local inflammation and other diseases, with ideal analgesic and anti-inflammatory effects.
3. In agriculture.
Kojic acid can be used to produce biological pesticides. The addition of 0.5~1.0% kojic acid made of biological microfertilizer (dark red liquid), whether it is low concentration as a foliar fertilizer spray, or made into a Zengzenglong growth agent for root application, this crop production accelerator has a significant increase in grain and vegetables.
4. In other areas.
Kojic acid can also be used as iron analysis reagent, film stain remover and so on.

 

Application status in cosmetics industry
In human skin, under the catalysis of tyrosinase, tyrosine underwent complex oxidation and polymerization with oxygen free radicals to synthesize melanin. Kojic acid can inhibit the synthesis of tyrosinase sea, so it can strongly inhibit the formation of skin melanin, and safe and non-toxic, will not produce white spot sequelae, so kojic acid has been combined with toner, mask, lotion, skin care cream, can effectively treat freckles, age spots, pigmentation, acne and other high-grade whitening cosmetics. Kojic acid at a concentration of 20ug/ml can inhibit the activity of 70-80% of a variety of tyrosinases (or polyphenol oxidase PPO), and the general addition amount in cosmetics is 0.5-2.0%.