| abstract |
The present invention relates to a skin whitening composition containing the oyster fruit extract as an active ingredient, and more particularly, to a skin whitening pharmaceutical composition and cosmetic composition containing a crude extract, a polar solvent soluble extract or a non-polar solvent soluble extract as an active ingredient. It is about. The extract of the present invention effectively inhibits tyrosinase activity, an enzyme that is essential for melanin biosynthesis, and inhibits melanin biosynthesis of B16 melanoma cells, and thus may be usefully used as a whitening pharmaceutical composition and cosmetic composition. |