The Nikka Whisky Distilling Co., Ltd.

Akio Yanagida

Masayuki Tanabe

Tomomasa Kanda

Toshihiko Shoji

The present invention provides a fruit polyphenol obtained by subjecting unripe fruits of Rosaceae to pressing and/or extraction and then purifying the resulting juice or extract. The present invention further provides an antioxidant, a hypotensive agent, an antimutagenic agent, an antiallergic agent and an anticariogenic agent each comprising, as an effective component, a fruit polyphenol obtained by subjecting unripe fruits of Rosaceae to pressing and/or extraction and then purifying the resulting juice or extract. The fruit polyphenol of the present invention has various physiological activities, for example, an antioxidative activity, an ACE-inhibiting activity, an antimutagenic activity, a hyalulonidase-inhibiting activity and a GTase-inhibiting activity.

Process for the production of fruit polyphenols from unripe rosaceae

Cosmetics are herein disclosed which contain a polyphenol derived from the fruits of Rosaceae, and the polyphenol is obtainable by purifying a pressed juice or an extract of the unripe fruits of the Rosaceae, for example, apples, pears or peaches. The cosmetics have many useful functions such as an ultraviolet light absorbing activity and a free radical erasing activity.

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Tokyo, Japan

Akio Yanagida