PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a composition for application to skin, including an effective amount of an extract of plum with an aqueous solvent, in paying attention to plum which is a material with high pharmacological effect.SOLUTION: In a composition for external application to skin to be used for a skin whitening purpose and/or an anti-aging purpose, an aqueous solvent extract of at least one kind selected from a root, a branch and a tree bark of plum, which has been subjected to a step of deodorization, is used for inhibition of elastase activity and/or gelatinase activity, and for inhibition of a Maillard reaction, and in addition for inhibition of collagenase activity and/or hyaluronidase activity.COPYRIGHT: (C)2013,JPO&INPIT【課題】薬理効果の高いウメという素材に着目した、ウメの水性溶媒抽出物の有効量を含む皮膚用組成物の提供。【解決手段】ウメの、根、枝及び樹皮より選択される一種以上の部位からの、脱臭のための工程を経た水性溶媒抽出物を、エラスターゼ活性阻害用及び／又はゼラチナーゼ活性阻害用、またメイラード反応抑制、さらにコラゲナーゼ活性阻害、及び／又はヒアルロニダーゼ活性阻害のために用いる、美白用及び／又は老化防止用の皮膚外用組成物。【選択図】なし
