摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a new moisture retaining component and a new composition useful for providing skin with moisture and keeping and reproducing the lively and healthy skin. <P>SOLUTION: The subject humectant comprises a plant extract obtained by extracting one or more kinds of plants selected from Kerria japonica, Gymnaster savatieri, Michelia compressa, Leucosceptrum stellipilum, Lamium amplexicaule, Ajuga yezoensis, Euonymus sieboldianus, Viburnum urceolatu, Loropetalum chinense, Tricyrtis hirt, Chloranthus japonicus, Chloranthus serratus, Habenaria radiata, Lactuca indica, Euphorbia marginata, Sonchus oleraceus and Campanula punctata with a solvent such as water, ethanol, 1,3-butylene glycol. The humectant is supplied as an external preparation such as a cosmetic, a bath medicine. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI |