Open AccessCritical review of Ayurvedic Varṇya herbs and their tyrosinase inhibition effect
Author(s) -
Khemchand Sharma,
Namrata Joshi,
Chinky Goyal
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
ancient science of life/ancient science of life
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-9547
pISSN - 0257-7941
DOI - 10.4103/0257-7941.165627
Subject(s) - traditional medicine , tyrosinase , herb , medicinal herbs , medicine , biology , biochemistry , enzyme
The aspiration for light skin (fair complexion) is becoming pronounced in a greater number of people in the present times with natural products being more in demand than their synthetic counterparts. Research in the area of skin-lightening agents is an expanding field with the knowledge being updated regularly. In Ayurveda, varṇya, raktaprasādana, tvacya are few terms specifying skin lightening with respect to its modern counterpart i.e., Tyrosinase inhibition, the most commonly reported method of skin lightening.