Compositions for potentiating glutathione
AssigneeFancl Corporation
InventorsTomohiro Chiba, Takashi Naito, Shioji Ishiwatari
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Abstract
A composition for potentiating glutathione, which contains at least one member selected from the group consisting of 2-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)ethanol or a glycoside thereof, a plant containing 2-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)ethanol or a glycoside thereof, an extract of said plant, a hydrolysate of said plant, and a hydrolysate of the extract of said plant (excluding Olea europaea and an extract thereof), and which further contains at least one member selected from among an S-containing compound that is a supply source of cysteine, a protein that contains cysteine and/or cystine, a yeast that contains cysteine and/or cystine, and a vitamin.
Claims8
A method of skin whitening, said method comprising administering, to a subject in need thereof, a composition comprising:
- 2-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)ethanol or a glycoside thereof;
- and
- 200 μM-400 μM cysteine or cystine.
A method of skin whitening, said method comprising administering, to a subject in need thereof, a composition comprising:
- an extract of a plant selected from Lamium album, Euphrasia officinalis, Plantago psyllium, Olea europaea, Forsythis suspense, Conandron ramondioides Siebold et Zucc, Osmanthus fragrans, Osmanthus asiaticus, Syringa vulgaris, Verbena officinalis L., and Momordica charantia L., or a glycoside thereof;
- and
- 200 μM-400 μM cysteine or cystine.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.