Posts Tagged ‘Hydroquinone toxicity’
Hydroquinone toxicity
Thursday, October 10th, 2013Short term and long term issues are described Short-term: Exogenous ochronosis. It is a possible side effect from prolonged use of hydroquinone, especially at concentrations higher than 4% It has also been described for resorcinol, phenols (such as rhododenol), oral antimalarials. It is due to inhibition of homogentisic acid by hydroquinone. On histology, the following […]
