NOVEL SKIN WHITENING AGENT WHICH INHIBITS MELANOGENESIS BY INHIBITING TYROSINASE ACTIVITY AND COSMETIC COMPOSITION CONTAINING THE SAME

摘要

PURPOSE: Provided are a novel skin whitening agent which inhibits tyrosinase activity and melanogenesis and a cosmetic composition containing the same as an active ingredient. CONSTITUTION: The novel skin whitening agent contains a compound manufactured by binding glucose to the phenol derivative and represented by the formula(I), wherein R1 and R2 are independently hydrogen, glucose, galactose, mannose, sucrose, ribose, fructose, provided that one of R1 and is hydrogen; and R3 is one of hydrogen, hydroxy, methyl, ethyl, propyl, isopropyl, butyl, isobutyl, pentyl, carboxy, methoxycarbonyl, ethoxycarbonyl, propoxycarbonyl, isopropoxycarbonyl, carboxymethyl, methoxycarbonylmethyl, ethoxycarbonylmethyl, propoxycarbonylmethyl, isopropoxycarbonylmethyl and butoxycarbonylmethyl.