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Neoagarobiose as a novel moisturizer with whitening effect
R Kobayashi1, M Takisada, T Suzuki
1KOSE Corporation, Basic Research Laboratory, Tokyo, Japan.
Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry
|January 1, 1997
Abstract:
Neoagarobiose, a disaccharide, showed a higher hygroscopic ability than glycerol or hyaluronic acid, typical moisturizing reagents. Beside, neoagarobiose whitened B16 murine melanoma cells, and showed low cytotoxicity. Therefore neoagarobiose was a rare reagent showing both moisturizing and whitening effects.