PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a skin whitening agent, a melanogenesis inhibitor and a dopa oxidase activity inhibitor that are each highly safe.SOLUTION: A dopa oxidase activity inhibitor includes as an effective ingredient Salvia przewalskii Maxim. var. mandarinorum Stib. or an extract thereof. A melanogenesis inhibitor includes as an effective ingredient Salvia przewalskii Maxim. var. mandarinorum Stib. or an extract thereof.COPYRIGHT: (C)2014,JPO&INPIT【課題】安全性が高い、美白剤、メラニン生成抑制剤及びドーパオキシダーゼ活性抑制剤を提供すること。【解決手段】褐毛丹参又はその抽出物を有効成分とするドーパオキシダーゼ活性抑制剤。【選択図】なし