| 摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain the subject promoter capable of providing a preparation for external use for skin, a bathing agent and food and beverage having promoting action on fibroblast growth and high safety, containing an extract of a plant such as sesame. SOLUTION: This promoter contains an extract of one or more plants selected from seed of Seamum indicum L., rhizome of Dioscorea japonica Thunb., fruit of Capsicum annuum L., rhizome of Angelica acutiloba Kitagawa, whole plant of Houttuynia cordata Thunberg and root of Ophiopogon japonicus Ker-Gawler. The extract is obtained by subjecting the part of the plant to an extraction treatment with a solvent as it is or grinding and subjecting the part to an extraction treatment. To be concrete, for example, seed of Seamum indium L. or rhizome of Dioscorea JaPonica Thunb., is subjected to an extraction treatment with purified water (80 deg.C) for about 5 hours under heating and preferably filtered. The amount of the extract added to the promoter is >=0.01wt.%, especially 0.1-60wt.%. |
