NOVEL COMPOUND HAVING SKIN-WHITENING, ANTI-OXIDIZING AND PPAR ACTIVITIES AND MEDICAL USE THEREFOR

摘要

The present invention relates to a novel compound having skin-whitening, anti-oxidizing and PPAR activities and to a medical use therefor. Compounds according to the present invention can be used to advantage in skin-whitening pharmaceutical compositions or cosmetics as they have a skin-whitening activity whereby tyrosinase is inhibited, and can be used to advantage in the prevention or treatment of skin ageing or the like as they have an anti-oxidizing activity, and can also be used as pharmaceutical compositions or health foods which are useful in preventing and treating obesity, metabolic disease or cardiovascular disease as they have PPAR activity and, more particularly, PPARa and PPAR? activity.