Detection of hydroquinone by Raman spectroscopy in patients with melasma before and after treatment.

R Cabrera-AlonsoEdgar Guevara Miguel Ghebre Ramírez-ElíasB MoncadaFrancisco Javier González

Published in: Skin research and technology : official journal of International Society for Bioengineering and the Skin (ISBS) [and] International Society for Digital Imaging of Skin (ISDIS) [and] International Society for Skin Imaging (ISSI) (2018)

The authors believe that monitoring the presence of hydroquinone may be useful for an optimal personalized treatment of melasma and to provide the specialist a support tool to control the administration of this type of bleaching agents.

Keyphrases

raman spectroscopy
palliative care
hydrogen peroxide
real time pcr
sensitive detection