摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a humectant having an excellent moisture-retaining effect and exhibiting no problem for being used as the external composition in points such as safety, etc., and an external composition excellent in moisture-retaining effect and having a high safety. SOLUTION: This humectant consists of an extract of a plant belonging to the genus Wedelia of Compositae, especially Wedelia chinensis, and the external composition containing the same agent is also provided. |