Synonyms: 4-hydroxyanisole | BMS-181158 | Leucobasal® | Leucodine B | p-hydroxyanisole
mequinol is an approved drug (FDA (1999))
Compound class:
Synthetic organic
Comment: A tyrosinase inhibitor
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