| abstract |
Disclosed herein are an external composition for skin, which contains, as an active ingredient, manassantin B extracted from Saururus chinensis Baill, and the use thereof for skin whitening. More particularly, disclosed are an external composition for skin, which contains, as an active ingredient, manassantin B, which inhibits the transfer of melanosomes, thus providing a skin-whitening effect without influencing the melanin synthesis function of the melanocytes, ad well as the use thereof for skin whitening. |