PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an agent which is excellent in a radical elimination action, a single oxygen elimination action, an antioxidant action, an elastase inhibition action, an epidermis moisture keeping capacity improvement action, an anti-aging action and a bleaching action, and an external preparation for a skin or a cosmetic comprising the same.SOLUTION: The invention is a skin care preparation, a cosmetic or an agent comprising the extract of Verbena hastata L.