Skin-lightening agent containing equol compound as active ingredient
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Applications(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- HAYASHIBARA BIOCHEMICAL LAB INC
- Publication Date
- 2010-03-24
- Estimated Expiration
- Not applicable · inactive patent
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Abstract
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[0001] The present invention relates to a whitening agent with equols as active ingredients. Background technique
[0002] With the advancement of aging, people's awareness of beauty and health has increased. Especially for women, due to the appearance of skin spots and dullness, cosmetics and quasi-drugs containing various whitening ingredients have begun to be sold on the market. However, the various whitening ingredients mixed therein sometimes cannot obtain sufficient whitening effects. Therefore, external skin preparations combining two or more kinds of whitening ingredients have also been proposed (for example, refer to Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2002-284664). The development of new whitening ingredients that are safe and have excellent whitening effects is expected.
[0003] On the other hand, equol is a substance produced by the metabolism of daidzein, a type of isoflavone, by intestinal bacteria. It has been confirmed that the female ...