PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cold sense enhancing agent for enhancing cold sense induced by a cold sensing substance such as menthol, to provide a composition containing the cold sense enhancing agent, and to provide a cold sense enhancing method to use the cold sense enhancing agent.SOLUTION: There are provided the cold sense enhancing agent containing a Myrstica fragrans seed extract obtained from Myrstica fragrans seed by using water, a polar solvent, a nonpolar solvent or a mixture of two or more of the above solvents the cold sensing substance-containing composition containing the cold sense enhancing agent and a cold sense enhancing method to use the cold sense enhancing agent.COPYRIGHT: (C)2012,JPO&INPIT【課題】メントール等の冷感物質により得られる冷感を増強するための冷感増強剤の提供、当該冷感増強剤を含有する組成物の提供、並びに当該冷感増強剤を用いる冷感増強方法の提供。【解決手段】水、極性溶剤、非極性溶剤又はそれらの2つ以上の混合物を用いてニクズク(Myrstica fragance)種子から得たニクズク種子抽出物を有効成分として含んでなる冷感増強剤、当該冷感増強剤を含有する冷感物質含有組成物、並びに当該冷感増強剤を用いる冷感増強方法。【選択図】なし
