摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain an ingredient useful for inhibiting melanocyte dendrite extension and thereby improving dyschromatosis which cannot be or is hardly improved by a melanin production inhibitor having a usual tyrosinase inhibitory effect. <P>SOLUTION: A melanocyte dendrite extension inhibitor comprising an extract of a plant belonging to the genus Achillea of the family Asteraceaeis is contained in cosmetics. Here, the plant is preferably Achillea ageratum, Achillea cartilaginea, Achillea clavenae, Achillea filipendulina, Achillea millifolium, Achillea moschata, Achillea ptarmica, Achillea tomentosa, or the like. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI |