Thread: RAF Pyro-Metol
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Old 07-14-2005, 09:55 PM   #7 (permalink)
john_s
 
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Originally Posted by jdef
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Looks like there's the potential for a combination developer/freckle remover in there somewhere. We could call it "Jacko-Cat". The molecular structure of Kojic acid is C6H6O4. Hmmmm. I think I'm going to have to find some of this stuff.
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Jay
And if you added some pyrogallol, it could be an all-purpose skin treatment. The following quote from the US National Toxicology Program Database Information web site:

"Medically, pyrogallol has been used as a topical antipsoriatic (Budavari, 1996). It was typically applied in an ointment containing 2 to 10% pyrogallol (Stecher, 1968). In Australia, pyrogallol has been used as a topical therapy for chronic plaque psoriasis since the beginning of the century (Pweny, 1925; cited by Willsteed and Regan, 1985), but usage has declined since the 1960s (Willsteed and Regan, 1985). In Europe in the 1970s, pyrogallol was used in conjunction with ultraviolet B for the treatment of resistant psoriasis (Siage, 1976; Meffert, 1970; cited by Willsteed and Regan, 1985). "
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