Shiseido Company, Limited

Toray Industries, Inc.

Masako Naganuma

Minoru Fukuda

Eiichiro Yagi

Hisayuki Komasaki

Kenichi Tomita

Masato Hatao

Ichiro Iwai

Yoshihiro Yokokawa

Tomomi Okazaki

Yuki Shibata

Hakuji Katsura

Yuki Yamase

Masayuki Tejima

Kenji Yamaguchi

The present invention is an endermic liniment which characteristically contains a thiol compound and zinc oxide. An endermic liniment which can contain a thiol compound in a stable manner can be provided by blending in a thiol compound and zinc oxide.

Endermic liniment containing a thiol compound and zinc oxide

An endermic liniment is provided which contains one of more of Piri-Piri extract, Pinon Negro extract, Pinon Blanco extract, or Cola de caballo extract. The endermic liniment exhibits superior hypochromic effects and whitening effects on pigment deposition, chloasma, freckles, liver spots, etc. after sunburn and is superior in terms of safety.

Liniment for melanin inhibitors

An external preparing for skin comprising one or more than two types of 2-hydroxy benzoic acid derivative and/or salt thereof represented by the following formula: ##STR1## wherein R is an alkoxy group or alkyl group in the formula. The external preparation for the skin according to the present invention has a suppression effect on melanine generation by inhibition of tyrosinase activity. Accordingly, an excellent bleaching effect based upon the suppression of chromatosis and a high degree of safety can be obtained.

External preparation for skin

Ultraviolet absorbing compounds having the following formaulae are presented. ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is a saturated branched alkyl group having 7 carbon atoms, R.sup.2 is methyl or ethyl group and R.sup.3 is ortho-or para- methoxy group. These compounds have good ultraviolet protective properties and cause little or no irritation to human skin.

Ultraviolet absorbing agent

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Masako Naganuma