DRUGS OR COSMETICS

摘要

Drugs to be used as remedies or preventives for diseases wherein the production of beta -transforming growth factor should be enhanced, agents for ameliorating or preventing wrinkles, agents for elevating or sustaining skin elasticity, agents for ameliorating or preventing skin thickening, or agents for preventing collagen reduction or enhancing collagen production; and cosmetics to be used for enhancing the production of beta -transforming growth factor, ameliorating or preventing wrinkles, elevating or sustaining skin elasticity, ameliorating or preventing skin thickening, or preventing collagen reduction or enhancing collagen production, etc. These drugs/cosmetics are characterized by containing, as the active ingredient, at least one member selected from the group consisting of fucoidan, its decomposition products and salts thereof.