| abstract |
(57) [Problem] To provide a tyrosinase activity inhibitor that strongly suppresses tyrosinase activity related to melanin production, and a cosmetic that suppresses melosine production by suppressing tyrosinase activity and has a whitening effect and the like. . The benzene ring has a carbon skeleton of a lignan or a norlignan, and at least one of the two benzene rings having a substituent is a 4-substituted resorcinol skeleton, and a benzyl carbon atom subsequent thereto has a substituent. A tyrosinase activity inhibitor containing a non-lignan derivative and / or a norlignan derivative as an active ingredient, and a cosmetic containing the inhibitor. |