PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide food products and pharmaceuticals which include extracts of plants of the genus Hibiscus in the family Malvaceae as active ingredients, wherein the food products and pharmaceuticals are MMP-1 production inhibitors, and antiinflammatory agents, and have the action to keep skin firmness and the action to prevent wrinkles, and further are effective in improvement of scleroderma.SOLUTION: This invention provides skin function improving agents, antiinflammatory agents, anti-wrinkle agents, and anti-scleroderma agents which include extracts of plants of the genus Hibiscus in the family Malvaceae as active ingredients.COPYRIGHT: (C)2014,JPO&INPIT【課題】アオイ科フヨウ属の植物の抽出物を有効成分とするMMP-1の産生阻害剤、抗炎症剤、皮膚の張りの維持作用、抗しわ作用を有し、さらに強皮症の改善に有効である食品および医薬品を提供する。【解決手段】アオイ科フヨウ属の植物の抽出物を有効成分とする皮膚機能改善剤。抗炎症剤、抗しわ剤、抗強皮症剤。【選択図】 図1
