Process for preparing melanogenic inhibitor, and pigmentation-lightening agent containing the same.

摘要

The present invention relates to a process for preparing a melanogenic inhibitor which is obtained by proliferating an established cell line from a warm-blooded animal in vitro, or by proliferating the cell line under the supply of a nutrient body fluid from a non-human warm-blooded animal, disrupting the proliferated cells and extracting a lipid component containing fatty acids and their derivatives. The invention also relates to a pigmentation-lightening agent comprising the lipid component containing the fatty acid and their derivatives extracted from the established cell line from a warm-blooded animal.