COSMETIC COMPOSITION CONTAINING FRUCTOSE 1,6-DIPHOSPHATE AND SALT THEREOF INHIBITING SKIN DAMAGE BY UV RADIATION

摘要

PURPOSE: A cosmetic composition containing D-fructose 1,6-diphosphate and a salt thereof is provided which causes no skin irritation and inhibits skin damage caused by irritation such as UV ray. Therefore it can be used as a cosmetic material playing a role of endogenous antioxidant substances for improving self-reducing power of skin cells. CONSTITUTION: The cosmetic composition contains 0.0001 to 20 parts by weight of D-fructose 1,6-diphosphate and a salt thereof, based on the total weight of the composition and reduces the concentration of an inflammatory intermediate factor of prostaglandins by inhibition of activity of cyclooxygenase-2.