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Abstract
This article reviews the curious history of kojic acid, discovered as a fungal natural product in 1907. It was one of the first secondary metabolites to have its biosynthetic pathway studied by the isotope tracer technique, and, more recently, has been of interest as a skin lightening agent. There are 112 references.Entities:
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Year: 2006 PMID: 17119644 DOI: 10.1039/b603758p
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nat Prod Rep ISSN: 0265-0568 Impact factor: 13.423