| 摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a skin agent used for external use, capable of specifically inhibiting excessive melamine production caused by UV light and consequently having an effective action for preventing and improving pigmentation caused by the UV light. SOLUTION: This skin agent used for external use and effective for preventing and improving pigmentary symptoms caused by ultraviolet light contains the extract of one or more kinds of plants selected from Artemisia capillaris Thunb., Artemisia scoparia Waldstein, Eupatorium fortunei Turcz., Achillea millefolium L., Achillea sibirica Ledeb., Polygonum cuspidatum Sieb. et Zucc., Polygonum cuspidatum Sieb. et Zucc. var. hachidyoense Ohwi, Polygonum sachalinense Fr. Schm., Thymus vulgaris L., and Carthamus tinctorius L. |
