摘要 |
PURPOSE:An external preparation useful as a cosmetic or external quasi-drug, showing improved whitening effects and preventing effects on stain and freckle, safely usable without causing chapped skin, skin rash, etc., comprising tincture of Angelica acutiloba Kitagava as an active ingredient. CONSTITUTION:An external preparation containing tincture of Angelica acutiloba Kitagava as an active ingredient. The tincture of Angelica acutiloba Kitagava is readily prepared by moistening root of Angelica acutiloba Kitagawa or a relative plant thereof by steam, drying, powdering and leaching powder of Angelica acutiloba Kitagawa with ethanol by tincture manufacturing method recorded in Japanese Pharmacopoeia and shows improved inhibitory effects on melanin formation. The external preparation is used in the form of an ordinary cosmetic such as lotion, pack milky lotion, cream, etc., or in the form of external quasi-drug such as ointment, lotion, liniment, emulsion, etc. The external preparation contains 0.01-10wt% active ingredient in the case of cosmetic and 0.05-10% active ingredient in the case of a guasi-drug. |