JPH0977635A - Beautifying and whitening cosmetic - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a beautifying and whitening cosmetic containing ingredients which are safe when applied to skin and have large beautifying and whitening action by using materials obtained by extracting specific four substances known as Chinese medicines, etc., with a solvent. SOLUTION: This beautifying and whitening cosmetic is obtained by using an extract obtained by extracting Abutili semen, Magnoliae flos, Atractylodis rhizoma from China or Atractylodis Lanceae rhizoma with a solvent. The extract is obtained by adding, e.g. 300ml purified water to 10g Abutili semen (dried product) and heating the mixture, allowing the mixture to stand for 3hr and filtering the mixture and lyophilizing the filtrate. The extracts of Magnoliae flos, Atractylodis rhizoma from China and Atractylodis Lanceae rhizoma are also obtained by the similar method. The solvent extracts can be prepared into cosmetics having various formulations, e.g. lotion, cream, emulsion and pack by adding other cosmetic raw materials, e.g. liquid oil such as squalane or jojoba oil, solid oil such as beeswax or cetyl alcohol, various activating agents, humectant such as glycerol or 1, 3-butylene glycol and various medicines, etc., to the extracts. The formulation utilized can be selected according to the object.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to cosmetics effective for whitening.

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2. Description of the Related Art Many substances having a whitening effect are already known. Commercialized products include kojic acid and arbutin. However, there were problems such as safety issues and weak effects.

Aoi Fuyu is the scientific name of Malva vertici
Llata is a plant of the mallow family, and its seeds are called Fuyu Aoi, which are used for food and are also used as a diuretic, a laxative, and an emulsion.

The spicy sauce is magnolia fa
rgesii), magnolia li (Magnolia li)
Liflora), White magnolia (Magnolia)
denudata), tamshiba (Magnolias)
alifolia) and the like. Used for pain relief, rhinitis, etc.

[0005] Chinese white lacquer is a sect.
tylodes ovata) and Shoushu are dried or steam-dried rhizomes of Atractylodes lancea and are used for diuresis, gastritis, edema and the like.

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SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a cosmetic composition which is safe when applied to the skin and which contains a component having a great beauty effect.

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[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present inventors have screened and examined plants that have been used for food for many years and have been confirmed to be safe for the human body, and have a useful value as cosmetics. I considered something. As a result, it turned out that the whitening effect was strong when paying attention to Aoi fuyu, Chinese pepper, Chinese white egg white, and blue egg white.

[0008] That is, it is a whitening cosmetic product containing a solvent extract of Aoi fuyu, Chinese pepper, Chinese cabbage, and Chinese cabbage.

This substance is used as other cosmetic raw materials, for example, liquid oils such as squalane and jojoba oil, solid oils such as beeswax and cetyl alcohol, various activators, moisturizers such as glycerin and 1,3 butylene glycol, and various drugs. It can be added to adjust various dosage forms of cosmetics. For example, a lotion, a cream, a milky lotion, a pack, or the like may be used depending on the purpose.

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EXAMPLE An example of an actual usage will be described below, but the present invention is not limited to this example. The following is an example of producing the extracts of Fuyoko, Chinese herbs, Chinese white shrimp, and Soya extract used in the present invention.

Production Example 1 300 g of purified water was added to 10 g of winter aoi (dried product) and heated for 3 hours. This was allowed to cool, filtered, and lyophilized.

Production Example 2 Magnitude (Magnolia salicifolia)
To 10 g of (dry product), 300 ml of purified water is added and heated for 3 hours. This was allowed to cool, filtered, and lyophilized.

Production Example 3 To 10 g of Chinese white shrimp (dried product) was added 300 ml of purified water and the mixture was heated for 3 hours. This was allowed to cool, filtered, and lyophilized.

Production Example 4 To 10 g of soy sauce (dry product) was added 300 ml of purified water to obtain 3
Heat for hours. This was allowed to cool, filtered, and lyophilized.

Example-1 Lotion parts by weight Olive oil 0.5 Production Example 1 0.2 Polyoxyethylene (20EO) sorbitan monostearate 2.0 Polyoxyethylene (60EO) hydrogenated castor oil 2.0 Ethanol 10.0 1.0% sodium hyaluronate aqueous solution 5.0 Purified water 80.0

Example-2 Cream parts by weight A squalane 20.0 olive oil 2.0 mink oil 1.0 jojoba oil 5.0 beeswax 5.0 cetostearyl alcohol 2.0 glycerin monostearate 1.0 sorbitan monostearate 2.0 Production Example 2 1.0 B Purified water 47.9 Polyoxyethylene (20 EO) sorbitan monostearate 2.0 Polyoxyethylene (60 EO) hydrogenated castor oil 1.0 Glycerin 5.0 1. 0% aqueous solution of sodium hyaluronate 5.0 Methyl paraoxybenzoate 0.1 A and B are weighed and heated to 70 ° C., A is slowly added to B while stirring, and then 30 while slowly stirring.
Cooled to ° C.

Example 3 was prepared by replacing the extract of Production Example 1 of Example 1 with the extract of Production Example 3.

Example 4 was prepared by replacing the extract of Production Example 2 of Example-2 with the extract of Production Example 4.

B-16 melanoma cell test A test sample was added to Eagles MEM medium to a predetermined concentration and filtered through a sterilization filter.
% So that the pH is adjusted to 7.6 ± 0.1 with sodium hydrogen carbonate, 6 ml is dispensed into a petri dish, and the B-16 melanoma cell suspension (1 × 10 6 cell) is added.
1 / ml), 5% CO ₂ , 95% a
The cells were cultured under ir conditions at 37 ° C for 3 days. In addition, exchange the medium (Eag containing 10% fetal bovine serum containing the above sample)
lesMEM medium) and cultured for 3 days. (At this time, cell proliferation was determined.) The cells were peeled off, centrifuged, the cells were collected, and the whiteness was visually determined.

Criteria Whiteness Similar to blank ± Slightly whitening tendency + Clear whitening tendency ++ Strong whitening tendency ++ + Cell growth 80% or more of blank A 60 to 80% of B blank 30 to 60% of B blank C 30% or less of blank D

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[Table 1]

Usage Test Twelve women were divided into two groups and the following two experiments were conducted.
The face was divided into right and left, one of which was used as an example and the other as a comparative example, which was used once or more daily, and a questionnaire was conducted after 3 months. In the comparative example, the production example was changed to water from the example. The criteria are as follows, and the results of the questionnaire are summarized in the table below. Example is much better 3 Example is much better 2 Example is slightly better 1 No difference 0 Comparative example is slightly better -1 Comparative example is much better -2 Comparative example Is much better -3

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[Effect] Whitening cosmetics containing a solvent extract of Aoi fuyu, Chinese radish, Chinese white lacquer, and Soy sauce have a strong whitening effect, and these have been used for food and medicinal purposes since ancient times and have no problem in terms of safety. Is useful as

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A whitening cosmetic product containing a solvent extract of winter aoi, spicy pepper, Chinese white jelly, and blue jelly