| abstract |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a skin lightening composition, a use of the composition as cosmetics, and a method for suppressing melanin formation using the composition. SOLUTION: The skin lightening composition of the present invention comprises an extract of a plant selected from asparagus, black cohosh, or a mixture thereof. To two or more solvents. Extracts can be obtained using the root and shoot portions of the plant individually. The composition can be applied topically to human skin and can further comprise one or more cosmetically acceptable ingredients. A method of inhibiting melanogenesis comprises topically applying to a skin a composition comprising an extract of a plant selected from asparagus, black cohosh, or a mixture thereof, wherein the extract has a solvent strength. By sequentially exposing to two or more different solvents. |