摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for evaluating a skin-lightening agent, which is capable of achieving at least one of easily selecting a skin-lightening agent capable of at least one of suppression or prevention of the occurrence of cutaneous inflammation or akin problems due to ultraviolet rays and skin-lightening, easily evaluating the quality and the like of a skin-lightening agent, etc. <P>SOLUTION: The method for evaluating a skin-lightening agent evaluates whether or not the expression of ELAM-1 or a nucleic acid encoding the same is suppressed due to the existence of a material to be inspected. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2012,JPO&INPIT |