Shiseido Company, Limited

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Nikken Sohonsha Corporation

Fumio Eguchi

Koji Kobayashi

Mineyuki Yokoyama

Masato Hatao

Nobuhiko Ochiai

Takeshi Nawamura

Nobuo Mori

Ryo Sumi

Nobuo c/o Nikken Sohonsha Corporation Mori

Ryo c/o Nikken Sohonsha Corporation Sumi

The present invention provides a new strain of turkey tail mushroom ((L.: Fr.) Pilat) having excellent biological activities (Accession number: FERM BP-10633). The strain is excellent in platelet aggregation inhibitory effect, chemokine gene expression inhibitory effect, antimutagenic effect, antitumor effect, antihypertensive effect, and immunomodulatory effect. The effect of the strain is enhanced synergistically by combining with microalgae and other basidiomycetes. The turkey tail mushroom of the present invention has high safety, and a possibility that a side effect is caused because of long-term continuous use is very low. Thus, it is useful for food/drink, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals or the like, the objective of which is the prevention and improvement in inflammation, allergy, tumor, and other diseases. The turkey tail mushroom strain of the present invention has very high hyphal growth property and very high physiological functions compared with conventional strains; therefore, it can be used stably.

Strain of turkey tail mushroom, extract from the same, and use of the same

The present invention provides an antioxidant and a whitening agent having high safety, and a external preparation for skin using the same. The antioxidant and whitening agent comprise, as an effective component, one or more extracts fromselected from the group consisting ofand. These extracts have a free radical capturing ability and are useful for suppressing skin oxidation and for preventing and improving skin aging. In addition, the extracts have a tyrosinase activity inhibiting action and can suppress the melanin generation. Since the fruit bodies of thesehave been used for edible purpose and have high safety, they can be used preferably for an external preparation for skin.

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The present invention provides an antioxidant and a whitening agent having high safety, and a external preparation for skin using the same. The antioxidant and whitening agent comprise, as an effective component, one or more extracts fromselected from the group consisting ofandThese extracts have a free radical capturing ability and are useful for suppressing skin oxidation and for preventing and improving skin aging. In addition, the extracts have a tyrosinase activity inhibiting action and can suppress the melanin generation. Since the fruit bodies of thesehave been used for edible purpose and have high safety, they can be used preferably for an external preparation for skin.

Antioxidant, whitening agent and external preparation for skin using the same

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Takasaki, Japan

Fumio Eguchi