MELANOGENESIS INHIBITOR AND COSMETIC MATERIAL, COSMETIC, FOOD AND DRINK ADDITIVE AND BATH AGENT CONTAINING THE MELANOGENESIS INHIBITOR

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a melanogenesis inhibitor, its manufacturing method, and a cosmetic material, a cosmetic, a food and drink additive, a food and drink, and a bath agent which contain the melanogenesis inhibitor.

SOLUTION: The melanogenesis inhibitor contains eugeniin obtained by extracting a rose petal and the like as an active ingredient. Addition of this melanogenesis inhibitor to a cosmetic, a food and drink, and a bath agent as a cosmetic material, a food and drink additive or the like imparts a melanogenesis inhibition action and a skin-whitening action thereto.

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