REMEDY FOR DERMATOPATHY AND METALLOTHIONEIN INDUCER

摘要

A zinc salt, a zinc complex or a zinc complex salt of a compound selected from among a pyridine-carboxylic acid represented by general formula (1), nicotinamide, picolinamide, 3,4-dihydroxybenzoic acid, an amino acid, a peptide and hinokitiol has the effects of inducing metallothionein and inhibiting sunburn cell production, thus being useful as a cosmetic or medicine for treating or preventing sunburn and treating dermatopathy, radiation damage or the like. CHEM IMAGE