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(57) [Abstract] [Objective] To find a component that promotes the activity of tyrosinase, which plays a fundamental role in melanin production in hair, To provide a tyrosinase activity promoter which can be used as a gray hair inhibitor or the like containing the active ingredient as an active ingredient. The present invention provides a tyrosinase activity promoter comprising an saffron extract as an active ingredient, which has been found to exhibit a desired tyrosinase activity promoting action in a saffron extract, and which can be used as an agent for preventing white hair. By doing so, the above problem was solved. |