PRODUCT REDUCTION AND REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES

Compounds with redox properties can have depigmenting effects by interacting with o-quinones, thus avoiding the oxidative polymerization of melanin intermediates, or with copper at the active site. Therefore, that melanin cannot be formed by the action of tyrosinase until all ascorbic acid is oxidized.

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