| 摘要 |
PURPOSE: To obtain a highly safe natural substance-originated cosmetic containing an ingredient originated from the hot water extract of red rice bran as an active ingredient, and having not an excellent melanine production-inhibiting action but also an antiinflammatory action, an antioxidizing action, a proper moisture-absorbing action, a moisture-retaining action, etc. CONSTITUTION: The natural substance-originated skin cosmetic and/or the bathing cosmetic excellent in stability contains as an active ingredient a supernatant, which is obtained by immediately subjecting red rice bran as a raw material to a hot water extraction treatment or subjecting the red rice bran to a defatting treatment and subsequently to the hot water extraction treatment, adding an alcohol (especially preferably methanol, ethanol or propanol) to the extract, and subsequently removing the produced precipitates from the mixture. The alcohol is preferably added so as to give a final concentration of 40-70%. The supernatant includes the supernatant itself, its concentrate, its paste, its diluted product and its dried product. The cosmetic includes especially a beautifully whitening cosmetic, an aging-preventing cosmetic, a moisture-retaining cosmetic and a bathing agent. The cosmetic has the above- mentioned actions but has not substantially a skin-irritating action. |
