Potential of Ferulic Acid from Corn Oil as a Natural Whitening Agent: In Vitro Study on Tyrosinase Enzyme Inhibition

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Issue		BIO Web Conf. Volume 190, 2025 The 3^rd International Conference on Biology Education, Science, and Technology (INCOBEST 2025)


Article Number		01029
Number of page(s)		15
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/bioconf/202519001029
Published online		23 October 2025

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