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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 1997
Filed:
Oct. 24, 1994
Satoshi Shinojima, Yokohama, JP;
Masaru Suetsugu, Yokohama, JP;
Yoshihiro Morikawa, Yokohama, JP;
Yuki Shibata, Yokohama, JP;
Rumiko Kaku, Yokohama, JP;
Shiseido Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An external preparation for the skin comprising at least one of the glycosides or hydroxysaliyclic acid and/or the glycosides of aliphatic esters of hydroxysalicylic acid represented by the following formula 1: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 represents one selected from the group consisting of saturated hydrocarbon group and an unsaturated hydrocarbon group which have 1 to 20 carbon atoms and which may be either a straight-chain or a branched chain, and one of R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 represents a sugar residue and the other hydrogen. The external preparation for the skin has an excellent whitening effect and/or an excellent skin care effect.