Shiseido Company, Limited

Okihiko Sakamoto

Mineyuki Yokoyama

Shoko Yamaguchi

Takeshi Yanagida

Kiyotaka Kojima

Seiichi Yoshida

Shinji Inomata

Atsushi Takimoto

Hiroshi Fukui

Masaru Suetsugu

Yasukazu Nakayama

Rumiko Kaku

Yuki Shibata

Satoshi Shinojima

Yumiko Suzuki

Hiroaki Yasuhara

Kazuo Komatu

Hiroyuki Tsukada

Tsuneo Suehiro

Tetsuya Sakai

Masayuki Asaike

Kazuo Komatsu

An external skin treatment composition is described that comprises a &ldquo;unicellularized&rdquo; plant. This composition exhibits superior stability of the effective plant ingredients, superior moisture retention, and superior elimination of specific free radicals, and it offers sustained release of the effective plant ingredients. Methods are disclosed to unicellularize plants with, for example, an enzyme.

External skin treatment composition

An agent for inducing flower bud formation in plants comprising an unsaturated fatty acid having an oxo group and a hydroxy group, a hydroperoxy group, or an oxo group, a hydroxy group, and a hydroperoxy group; a method for preparing said agent for inducing flower bud formation; and, a method for inducing flower bud formation using said agent for inducing flower bud formation are provided.

Agents for inducing flower bud formation

Flower initiation inducer

Indole derivatives and rooting inducers comprising the same as the

An external skin treatment composition containing (I) vitamin A (retinol) and (II) as a stabilizer, a chelating agent/a polysaccharide, an oil, polyethylene (propylene) glycol, a hydroxy carboxylate, a neutral amino acid salt, an oil-soluble antioxidant/EDTA/a benzophenone compound, an oil-soluble antioxidant/an acid/a benzophenone compound, an inclusion compound of cyclodextrin including an antioxidant and/or an ultraviolet absorber, butanediol and/or an oil-soluble antioxidant, a water-soluble benzophenone compound, a basic amino acid and the salt thereof, an acidic amino acid and the salt thereof, a polar oil, a water-swellable clay mineral.

An external skin treatment composition comprising (a) vitamin A and (b) (i) at least one kind of powder or (ii) at least one silicone oil selected from the group consisting of dimethyl polysiloxane and methylphenyl polysiloxane having a viscosity of 2-20 cs at 25.degree. C.

An endermic liniment containing at least one type of phenylalanine compound, and/or its salt, is disclosed. This endermic liniment has a melanin production suppression effect and is superior in terms of its skin whitening effect as in preventing and/or improving chloasma, freckles and pigmentation in the skin after sunburn. It is also stable and highly safe.

Endermic liniment

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Yokohama, Japan

Okihiko Sakamoto