Shiseido Company, Limited

Toray Industries, Inc.

Tomomi Okazaki

Kenichi Umishio

Takashi Suzuki

Michihiro Yamaguchi

Kenichi Tomita

Keiichi Uehara

Chikao Nishino

Ohji Ifuku

Yoshimori Fujinuma

Masako Naganuma

Hirofumi Aoki

Ryuhei Inada

Hakuji Katsura

Shigeru Taguchi

Noriko Nakajima

Masayuki Tejima

Naomi Ota

Masaki Uemura

Yoshiko Tonomura

Mie Kitano

Miwako Yamato

Chuji Yanagawa

An endermic liniment which characteristically contains an extract from a plant of the Solanaceae family (Solanaceae), genus Withania (Withania). A whitening endermic liniment with a superior whitening effect can be provided.

External preparations for skin whitening

Alkyl-aryl 1,3-propanedione silicone derivative characterized in that said derivative is siloxane having at least one unit expressed by the general formula 1 as shown below and other unit which can exist in said siloxane is expressed by a general formula of O.sub.4-r/2 SiR.sup.5.sub.r, and an external preparation for skin with said derivative compounded therein. ##STR1## Herein; R.sup.1 : A hydroxyl group, an alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, or an alkoxy group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms

Alkyl-aryl 1,3-propanedione silicone derivative and an external

An antipruritic composition for an oral medicine, injection, and external medicine, comprising an effective amount of a chelated zinc (e.g., zinc picolinate) as an antipruritic agent.

Antipruritic composition

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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Yokohama, Japan

Tomomi Okazaki