摘要 |
A cosmetic composition containing the extract of Isodon inflexus is provided to inhibit production of melanin and improve use safety by using natural product or compound extracted therefrom, thereby whitening the skin safely and effectively. The skin-whitening cosmetic composition contains 0.0001-10 wt.% of the extract of Isodon inflexus or the solvent fraction of Isodon inflexus extract including excisanin A represented by the chemical formula(1) which is prepared with the extraction solvent selected from methanol, ethanol, hexane, ethylacetate, dimethyl formamide, tetrahydrofuran, chloroform and diethylether. |