PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an antioxidant, an anti-aging agent, an anti-inflammatory agent, a hair-growth agent, an anti-obesity agent, and a skin-whitening agent and a cosmetic, and aesthetic eatables and drinkables.SOLUTION: An antioxidant, anti-aging agent, anti-inflammatory agent, hair-growth agent, anti-obesity agent, and skin-whitening agent include an extract of Michelia alba DC. and have at least one of a superoxide eradicating action, a radical eradicating action, an elastase activity inhibiting action, an MMP-1 activity inhibiting action, an MMP-14 activity inhibiting action, an epidermal keratinocyte proliferation stimulating action, an estrogenic action, a hexosaminidase release suppressing action, an NO production suppressing action, a TNF-α production suppressing action, a platelet aggregation suppressing action, a testosterone 5α-reductase activity inhibiting action, an anti-androgen receptor action, a cyclic AMP-phosphodiesterase activity inhibiting action, an ET-1mRNA expression elevation suppressing action and SCFmRNA expression elevation suppressing action.COPYRIGHT: (C)2013,JPO&INPIT【課題】抗酸化剤、抗老化剤、抗炎症剤、育毛剤、抗肥満剤、及び美白剤並びに化粧料及び美容用飲食品の提供。【解決手段】白蘭花の抽出物を含有し、スーパーオキサイド消去作用、ラジカル消去作用、エラスターゼ活性阻害作用、MMP-1活性阻害作用、MMP-14活性阻害作用、表皮角化細胞増殖促進作用、エストロゲン様作用、ヘキソサミニダーゼ遊離抑制作用、NO産生抑制作用、TNF-α産生抑制作用、血小板凝集抑制作用、テストステロン5α-リダクターゼ活性阻害作用、アンドロゲンレセプター拮抗作用、サイクリックAMP-ホスホジエステラーゼ活性阻害作用、ET-1mRNA発現上昇抑制作用及びSCFmRNA発現上昇抑制作用の少なくともいずれかを有する抗酸化剤、抗老化剤、抗炎症剤、育毛剤、抗肥満剤又は美白剤である。【選択図】なし
