| abstract |
The invention relates to a whitening agent that makesneffective use of camu camu seeds, which have conventionallynbeen discarded, and that has high safety and whitening effectnuseful in cosmetics and the like, as well as skinnpreparations for external use and cosmetics containing thenwhitening agent. The whitening agent of the presentninvention contains camu camu seed extract as an activencomponent, and the skin preparations for external use andncosmetics of the present invention contain the whiteningnagent. |