BLEACHING PREPARATION

• Main Authors: YOKOTA TOMOHIRO, SASAKI MINORU, HIKIMA TOSHIO, HAMADA KOZUE, OTA CHIEKO
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 04.04.2000
• Edition: 7
• Subjects: CHEMISTRY; DERIVATIVES THEREOF; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; METALLURGY; NUCLEIC ACIDS; NUCLEOSIDES; NUCLEOTIDES; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES; SPECIFIC THERAPEUTIC ACTIVITY OF CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS ORMEDICINAL PREPARATIONS; SPECIFIC USE OF COSMETICS OR SIMILAR TOILETPREPARATIONS; SUGARS

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a bleaching preparation preventing inflammation by an ultraviolet right, suppressing melanin generation by ultraviolet light damage and exhibiting excellent melanin suppressing effect and capable of exhibiting excellent bleaching effect in a short time by including a specific glucoside and a specific fruit extract. SOLUTION: This bleaching preparation contains (A) a glucoside [e.g. raspberry ketone-D-glucoside (α-body and β-body)] of the formula (R is a sugar residue selected from monosaccharide and disaccharide) and (B) a fruit extract of a Chinese name Kakyoku of a kind of genus Pyracantha in Rosaceae. Preferably, a formulation amount of the component A is 0.01-10.0 wt.%. Preferably, a formulation amount of the component B is 0.0001-5 wt.% in a total amount of the cosmetic, reduced to a dried component of the extract. In the cosmetic, furthermore, at least one kind selected from a group comprising the extract of Glycyrrhiza glaba Linne var., Silybum marianum Geartn. and Prunus persica Batsch in an amount of 0.0001-10 wt.%, and nicotinic acid amide in an amount of 0.001-10.0 wt.%, respectively reduced to a dried solid material of the extract in a total amount of the cosmetic is preferably contained.