| abstract |
The present invention provides an antioxidant for external use having an antioxidant effect that is safe to the skin and good in use. An anti-oxidant for external use containing an antioxidant plant extract obtained by extracting a mixture of auren, apricot, hornon and sanshishi with an aqueous ethanol solution. The antioxidant includes 0.2 to 3.8 parts of aurene (parts by mass, the same shall apply hereinafter), 0.2 to 3.8 parts of buckwheat, 0.3 to 7.5 parts of urgon, and 0.2 to 5 parts of sushi. It is preferable that this mixture is obtained by extraction with an aqueous ethanol solution. The antioxidant is preferably blended in an external preparation selected from cosmetics, bath agents and detergents. [Selection figure] None |