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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2008
Jae Kwan Hwang, Kyeonggi-Do, KR;
Yu-mi Cho, Seoul, KR;
Gyu Hoi Kim, Paju Gyeonggi-Do, KR;
Jeong Hwan Kim, Seoul, KR;
Hae Ji Lee, Incheon, KR;
DO Un Kim, Gyeonggi-Do, KR;
Hee Chul Chung, Seongnam Gyeonggi-Do, KR;
Jae Youn Chung, Gyeonggi-Do, KR;
Hyun IN OH, Suwon Gyeonggi-Do, KR;
Jae Kwan Hwang, Kyeonggi-Do, KR;
Yu-Mi Cho, Seoul, KR;
Gyu Hoi Kim, Paju Gyeonggi-Do, KR;
Jeong Hwan Kim, Seoul, KR;
Hae Ji Lee, Incheon, KR;
Do Un Kim, Gyeonggi-Do, KR;
Hee Chul Chung, Seongnam Gyeonggi-Do, KR;
Jae Youn Chung, Gyeonggi-Do, KR;
Hyun In Oh, Suwon Gyeonggi-Do, KR;
Biocare Co., Ltd., Seoul, KR;
Newtree Co., Ltd., Sungnam, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a new use of lignan-type compounds or an extract of nutmeg or aril of nutmeg comprising the same. More particularly, the present invention relates to a composition for skin whitening comprising a lignan-type compound or an extract of nutmeg or aril of nutmeg comprising the same. Because the lignan compound represented by Chemical Formulas 1 to 3 or the extract of nutmeg or aril of nutmeg has superior skin whitening activity by inhibiting melanin production and tyrosinase activity, it can be used for the preparation of a cosmetic composition, food composition or pharmaceutical composition for skin whitening.