NEW COMPOUNDS HAVING SKIN WHITENING, ANTIOXIDANT AND PPAR ACTIVITY, AND MEDICAL USE THEREOF

摘要

PURPOSE: A novel compound with skin whitening, antioxidatioin, and PPAR activation effects is provided to prevent or treat skin aging, obesity, metabolic diseases, or cardiovascular diseases. CONSTITUTION: A composition for skin whitening contains a compound with skin whitening, antioxidatioin, and PPAR activation effects as an active ingredient. A composition for antioxidation for treating oxidation-related diseases contains the compounds. A composition for preventing or treating diseases regulated by PPAR activation contains the compounds. The diseases are obesity, metabolic diseases, or cardiovascular diseases. The metabolic diseases are hyperlipidemia, diabetes, hyperinsulinemia, hyperuricemia, hypercholesterolemia, hypertriglyceridemia, metabolic syndrome(syndrome X), or endothelial dysfunction.