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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2008
Tatsuya Watanabe, Fuchu, JP;
Ken Kato, Kawagoe, JP;
Hiroshi Ueno, Kawagoe, JP;
Yuko Haruta, Kawagoe, JP;
Noriko Ueda, Kawagoe, JP;
Toshimitsu Yoshioka, Kawagoe, JP;
Tatsuya Watanabe, Fuchu, JP;
Ken Kato, Kawagoe, JP;
Hiroshi Ueno, Kawagoe, JP;
Yuko Haruta, Kawagoe, JP;
Noriko Ueda, Kawagoe, JP;
Toshimitsu Yoshioka, Kawagoe, JP;
MEGMILK SNOW BRAND CO., LTD., Sapporo, JP;
Abstract
A skin-whitening agent offering an excellent whitening effect and being effective in preventing and treating age spots, freckles, etc., where such skin-whitening agent contains as its effective ingredient a whey protein hydrolyzate characterized by a molecular weight distribution of 10 kDa or less, main peak of 200 Da to 3 kDa, APL (average peptide-chain length) of 2 to 8, free amino acid content of 20% or less, and antigenicity of one-ten thousandth of β-lactoglobulin or less, as well as a cosmetic, drink or food, feed, pharmaceutical preparation or other skin-whitening product containing such skin-whitening agent.