PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an agent composition for external use, containing a gallic acid derivative, having a touch feeling-improving effect and the lasting effect of the touch feeling-improving effect with an object, and preventing the discoloration and decomposition of the gallic acid derivative in its preservation under a high temperature.SOLUTION: This agent composition for external use comprises (A) the gallic acid derivative expressed by formula (1) [wherein, R1 is H, an alkali metal or the like, or an alkyl or an alkenyl and R2 to R4 are each independently H or a monovalent group expressed by a specific structural formula], and (B) an inorganic acid, amino acid and organic acid having &le3 hydroxy groups or their salts.COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT【課題】没食子酸誘導体を含み、対象物の感触改善効果、感触改善持続効果を有する組成物で、高温保存での変色、及び没食子酸誘導体の分解を防止する外用剤組成物の提供。【解決手段】(A)式(1)で表される没食子酸誘導体と、(B)無機酸、アミノ酸、ヒドロキシル基が3個以下の有機酸、又はこれらの塩とを含有する外用剤組成物。[R1は水素原子、アルカリ金属など、又はアルキル基もしくはアルケニル基を示し、R2、R3及びR4は独立に、水素原子、又は特定の構造式で表される一価の基である。]【選択図】なし
