ANTI-PROPIONIBACTERIUM COMPOUND AND PRODUCTION THEREOF

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an anti-propionibacterium compound having an antibacterial action on propionibacterium as a causative bacterium of acne under circumstances that although diterpene compounds as natural products widely distributed in the plant kingdom have biological activity, it is not obvious whether or not they have antibacterial properties on propionibacterium, and to provide an external-use dermatological preparation containing the anti-propionibacterium compound. SOLUTION: The external-use dermatological preparation contains at least one anti-propionibacterium compound selected from the group consisting of the 6 compounds represented by the structural formula. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT