PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a solubilizer in which polyglycerol fatty acid ester and alkylpolyglucoside are used and which can be applied to pharmaceuticals and cosmetics and can give a solubilizing composition with high transparency in which an oil soluble substance is finely dispersed without using a specific emulsifying machine even if a large quantity of an oil soluble substance is compounded.SOLUTION: The present invention provides a solubilizer containing as essential ingredients a polyglycerol fatty acid ester (A) obtained by esterifying a fatty acid selected from fatty acids having 6 to 22 carbon atoms and polyglycerol with an average degree of polymerization of 5 to 20 and an alkylpolyglucoside (B) having an alkyl group of glycosidically linked alcohol having 8 to 16 carbon atoms. A solubilizer whose transparency improves by further adding acylamino acid (C) and/or organic carboxylic acid, and their salt (D), if necessary and pharmaceuticals or cosmetics using the solubilizer are provided.SELECTED DRAWING: NoneCOPYRIGHT: (C)2018,JPO&INPIT【課題】ポリグリセリン脂肪酸エステル及びアルキルポリグルコシドを用い、医薬品、化粧品に利用できる可溶化剤であって、多量の油溶性物質が配合されても特殊な乳化機等用いることなく、油溶性物質を水相中に微細分散し透明性の高い可溶化組成物を与えられる可溶化剤の提供。【解決手段】炭素数が6~22の脂肪酸から選択され脂肪酸と平均重合度が5~20であるポリグリセリンとをエステル化したるポリグリセリン脂肪酸エステル(A)とグリコシド結合したアルコールの炭素数が8~16のアルキル基を有するアルキルポリグルコシド(B)とを必須成分として含有する可溶化剤。さらに必要に応じてアシルアミノ酸(C)及び/又は有機カルボン酸及びその塩(D)を添加することにより透明性が向上する可溶化剤、及びこの可溶化剤を用いる医薬品又は化粧品。【選択図】なし