YONSEI UNIVERSITY;INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION
发明人:
Jae Kwan Hwang,Seon Wook Woo,Chang Hee Kim,Mi Bo Kim
申请号：
US15113692
公开号：
US09956157B2
申请日:
2015.01.23
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2018
代理人:
摘要：
The present invention relates to a novel use of fucosterol and, more specifically, to a composition for skin whitening or composition for skin moisturizing, which is characterized by containing fucosterol. Fucosterol of chemical formula 1 below has an excellent whitening effect of inhibiting melanin generation and tyrosinase activity, and thus can be used as an active ingredient of a cosmetic composition for whitening, a food composition, or a pharmaceutical composition. Furthermore, the fucosterol of chemical formula 1 below has an excellent moisturizing function by forming dead skin cell membranes, promoting the differentiation of dead skin cells, and generating natural moisturization factors, and thus can be used as an active ingredient of a cosmetic composition for moisturizing, a food composition, or a pharmaceutical composition
