Skin improving agent for oral ingestion

Abstract

[Problem] To provide a skin-improving agent for oral intake, a collagen production promoter for oral intake, and a food product with which collagen production capability can be promoted by oral intake and which is highly safe in that it is natural and can be continuously taken orally. [Solution] The invention is a skin-improving agent for oral intake the purpose of which is to improve skin firmness, smoothness, wrinkles, and laugh lines, which is characterized in comprising the plant or extract of lingonberry (Vaccinium vitis-idaea) and alum (Phyllantus emblica or Emblica officinale); a collagen production promoter for oral intake, which is characterized in comprising the plant or extract of lingonberry and alum; and a food product characterized in comprising the plant or extract of lingonberry and alum.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to a skin improving agent for oral ingestion, a collagen production accelerator for oral ingestion, and a food or drink containing a plant body of bilberry (Vaccinium vitis-idaea) and emblica (Phyllanthusemblica or Emblica officinale) or an extract thereof. Background technique [0002] In recent years, as women's troubles in beauty, there is an increase in wrinkles and sagging of the skin accompanied by aging. Furthermore, it is known that such skin wrinkles and sagging are caused by a decrease in the collagen-producing function of skin fibroblasts. [0003] Therefore, in order to promote the production of collagen, skin external preparations containing various plant extracts have been developed (patent document 1). , so the skin absorbability of active ingredients becomes a problem, and it cannot be said that sufficient effects can be obtained. [0004] On the other hand, since foods are directly absorbed into the body...

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[0006] It should be noted that the extract of lingonberry (alias Lingonberry) contains arbutin, which acts on tyrosinase to inhibit the synthesis of melanin, so it is mixed with food, etc., and has a whitening beauty food etc. have been known (Patent Document 3); for the extract of such bilberry (alias Lingonberry), the effect related to the collagen production function has not been known so far

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