Method of treating environmental stress

摘要

There is provided a method of treating environmental stress due to the adverse effects of tobacco smoke and automobile exhaust gases. The method of treatment comprises applying to the skin a liniment composition containing one or more ingredients selected from among a group consisting of sulfur containing amino acids, metabolic intermediates of sulfur containing amino acids, tannin and vitamin C and its derivatives. A preferred sulfur containing amino acid is glutathione and preferred metabolic intermediates of sulfur containing amino acids are thiotaurine or hypotaurine. Also, hydroxycarboxylic acid or its derivatives can advantageously be added to this liniment composition to treat environmental stress.