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AssigneeIndustry-Academic Cooperation Foundation, Yonsei University
InventorsJae Kwan HWANG, Seon Wook WOO, Chang Hee KIM, Mi Bo KIM
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The present invention relates to a novel use of fucosterol and, more specifically, to a composition for skin whitening or composition for skin moisturizing, which is characterized by containing fucosterol. Fucosterol of chemical formula 1 below has an excellent whitening effect of inhibiting melanin generation and tyrosinase activity, and thus can be used as an active ingredient of a cosmetic composition for whitening, a food composition, or a pharmaceutical composition. Furthermore, the fucosterol of chemical formula 1 below has an excellent moisturizing function by forming dead skin cell membranes, promoting the differentiation of dead skin cells, and generating natural moisturization factors, and thus can be used as an active ingredient of a cosmetic composition for moisturizing, a food composition, or a pharmaceutical composition
A cosmetic composition for skin whitening, the cosmetic composition comprising fucosterol represented by the following Chemical Formula 1 as an active ingredient:
A food composition for skin whitening, the food composition comprising fucosterol represented by the following Chemical Formula 1 as an active ingredient:
A pharmaceutical composition for skin whitening, the pharmaceutical composition comprising fucosterol represented by the following Chemical Formula 1 as an active ingredient:
A cosmetic composition for skin moisturizing the cosmetic composition comprising fucosterol represented by the following Chemical Formula 1 as an active ingredient:
A food composition for skin moisturizing, the food composition comprising fucosterol represented by the following Chemical Formula 1 as an active ingredient:
A pharmaceutical composition for skin moisturizing, the pharmaceutical composition comprising fucosterol represented by the following Chemical Formula 1 as an active ingredient:
A method of improving a skin condition, the method comprising administrating a composition including fucosterol represented by the following Chemical Formula 1 as an active ingredient to a subject,
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