| abstract |
The present invention relates to a composition for skin whitening, containing maackiasin as an active ingredient and, more specifically, to a cosmetic composition for skin whitening, containing maackiasin as an active ingredient, using the effect of maackiasin of inhibiting the expression of melanogenesis-related enzymes. The maackiasin contained as an active ingredient in the cosmetic composition of the present invention has a great melanogenesis inhibitory effect even at a much smaller concentration when compared with arbutin, and thus the maackiasin is effective in preparing a cosmetic composition and a functional cosmetic product, which have an excellent skin whitening effect. |