Provided are a whitener having superior whitening action and superior skin lightening and whitening effects against pigment deposition, age spots, freckles, liver spots and the like, and an antioxidant and anti-aging agent having superior free radical capturing abilities that prevent and/or inhibit skin aging and skin diseases caused by active oxygen (free radicals). The whitener, antioxidant and anti-aging agent contain an extract from Polyalthia longifolia.
