SKIN WHITENING AGENT CONTAINING BIRD'S NEST EXTRACT AS TYROSINASE INHIBITING AGENT AS MAIN COMPONENT AND ALBUTIN OR KOJIC ACID AS AUXILIARY COMPONENT

摘要

PURPOSE: A skin whitening agent containing the bird's nest extract as a tyrosinase inhibiting agent as a main component and albutin or kojic acid as an auxiliary component is provided. The agent exhibits superior whitening effect, solves problems, such as, temporal changes during storage and causes no skin irritation. CONSTITUTION: The skin whitening agent contains 0.01 to 10% by weight of a mixture of the bird's nest extract which helps inhibit tyrosinase activity and albutin or kojic acid, based on the total weight of the agent. For an example, 2.0% by weight of the bird's nest extract is mixed with 1.0% by weight of albutin, 6.0% by weight of fluid paraffin, 4.0% by weight of squalane, 0.5% by weight of sorbitan sesquiolate, 1.5% by weight of Polysorbate 60, 10.0% by weight of bees wax, 5.0% by weight of capric/caprylic triglyceride, 6.0% by weight of concentrated glycerine, 3.0% by weight of propylene glycol, 0.2% by weight of triethanolamine and a trace amount of antiseptics, pigments, fragrance and the balance of purified water to give nourishing cream.