摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide topically applicable compositions and methods for lightening and/or depigmenting skin.SOLUTION: The compositions comprise compounds represented, e.g., by compounds having a structure of the formula (II), or derivatives or the like thereof. [R2 is H, a lower alkyl or the like; and R3 is a lower alkyl, -CHCN, a hydroxy lower alkyl, -NO or the like, or the group represented in the figure, where R6 and R7 are independently selected from among H and a lower alkyl.] |