MELANIN FORMATION INHIBITOR, AND WHITENING AGENT

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a melanin formation inhibitor and a whitening agent, having an excellent whitening effect compared with an existing whitening agent, and also having an excellent safety and temporal stability.SOLUTION: The invention is "a melanin formation inhibitor and a whitening agent each containing 4-((E)-3-hydroxy-1-propenyl)phenylacetate as an active ingredient, and a method for preventing melanin formation by applying the inhibitor to the skin and a whitening method by applying the agent to the skin."