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Hyaluronic acid
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB08818ApprovedInvestigationalVet approvedHyaluronic acid (HA) is an anionic, nonsulfated glycosaminoglycan found in connective, epithelial, and neural tissues; it was first isolated in 1934. Karl Meyer and John Palmer obtained glycosaminoglycan (GAG) from the bovine eye, giving...
Mixtures: Hyaluronic Acid Sodium Salt 1% / Hydroquinone 6%, Hyaluronic Acid Sodium Salt 0.5% / Hydroquinone 4% / Tretinoin 0.05%Acne Vulgaris
go.drugbank.com/conditions/DBCOND0029828Oxybenzone
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB01428ApprovedOxybenzone is an organic compound used in sunscreens. It is a derivative of benzophenone. It forms colorless crystals that are readily soluble in most organic solvents. It is used as an ingredient in sunscreen and other cosmetics because...
Mixtures: Hydroquinone with sunscreens, Perrigo Hydroquinone with sunscreensOctinoxate
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB09496ApprovedInvestigationalOctinoxate is a cinnamate ester and common ingredient in sunscreen and other skin care products to minimize DNA photodamage. It was originally developed in 1950's as an organic UV-B filter that absorbs UV-B rays from sun. It is often com...
Mixtures: Perrigo Hydroquinone with sunscreens, Hydroquinone Skin Bleaching Agent Oily SkinHomosalate
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB11064ApprovedHomosalate is an organic compound that belongs to salicylates. It is an ester formed from salicylic acid and 3,3,5-trimethylcyclohexanol, a derivative of cyclohexanol. Salicylates prevent direct skin exposure to the sun’s harmful rays by...
Mixtures: Ultraquin 4% Hydroquinone Cream With SunscreensOctocrylene
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB09535ApprovedOctocrylene is a compound often used as an additive in sun screen, and is thought to have skin moisturizing effects because of its emollient properties. What makes this chemical such a popular additive to sun block, is its ability to neu...
Mixtures: Ultraquin 4% Hydroquinone Cream With SunscreensRibosyldihydronicotinamide dehydrogenase [quinone]
go.drugbank.com/bio_entities/BE0000220TargetEnzymeHumansThe enzyme apparently serves as a quinone reductase in connection with conjugation reactions of hydroquinones involved in detoxification pathways as well as in biosynthetic processes such as the vitamin
Ferroptosis suppressor protein 1
go.drugbank.com/bio_entities/BE0018843TargetEnzymeHumansHydroquinones act as potent radical-trapping antioxidants inhibitor of phospholipid peroxidation and ferroptosis (PubMed:35922516). … antioxidant by mediating warfarin-resistant vitamin K reduction in the canonical vitamin K cycle: catalyzes NAD(P)H-dependent reduction of vitamin K (phylloquinone, menaquinone-4 and menadione) to hydroquinone
Cytochrome b6-f complex iron-sulfur subunit
go.drugbank.com/bio_entities/BE0002474TargetMastigocladus laminosusComponent of the cytochrome b6-f complex, which mediates electron transfer between photosystem II (PSII) and photosystem I (PSI), cyclic electron flow around PSI, and state transitions.
Vitamin K-dependent gamma-carboxylase
go.drugbank.com/bio_entities/BE0000403TargetHumansMediates the vitamin K-dependent carboxylation of glutamate residues to calcium-binding gamma-carboxyglutamate (Gla) residues with the concomitant epoxidation of vitamin K hydroquinone to vitamin K epoxide