1. Food use: kojic acid may be used on cut fruits to prevent oxidative browning, in seafood to preserve pink and red colors.
2. In cosmetics to lighten skin. As an example of the latter, it is used to treat skin diseases like melasma.
3. Daily chemicals material: Kojic acid can inhibits caseinase synthesis, then inhibits skin melanin formation, kojic acid and
it's derivatives are widely used in high-quality brightening cosmetic, bath cream midtoothpaste. The products containing kojic
acid can treat freckle, acne, pigmentation and macula effectively without any toxic and bad results, At present, kojic acid's use
level added in cosmetic amounts to 0.2-1.0 percent.
4. Medical use: Kojic acid also has antibacterial and antifungal properties. Kojic acid and it's derivatives are used as an
important material in antibiotic - cethamycin, anodyne, and antiphlogistic production.
5. Pesticide Biologic fertilizer with 0.51.0% Kojic acid has a clearly effect on increase production both foodstuff and
greenstuff.
6. Others: Kojic acid can be film despecking agent and iron ananysis reagent.