Young Ho Park

Excellent Anti-aging Effects of Ursolic acid and Oleanolic acid Present in Ligustrum lucidum

Ligustrum lucidum (L. lucidum) contains large quantities of ursolic acid and oleanolic acid. In this study, we evaluated anti-wrinkle effects of three parts of L. lucidum extracts. We found that L. lucidum extracts were not only innocuous to human skin fibroblasts but also significantly decreased the expression of both MMP-1 and MMP-2 and increased the expression of COL1A1. Among the three parts of L. lucidum extracts (i.e., fruit, cane, and leaf extracts), the fruit extract was found to contain the greatest amounts of ursolic acid and oleanolic acid. These three parts of L. lucidum extracts increased the expression of COL1A1 and decreased the expression of MMP-1 and MMP-2 in a dose-dependent manner. Especially, the fruit extract of L. lucidum had the greatest upregulating effect on COL1A1 and the greatest downregulating effect on MMP-1 and MMP-2 in a non-toxic and dose-dependent manner. These results suggest that L. lucidum, especially the fruit, could be used as active ingredients for functional cosmetics.

Whitening Effects of Adamantyl Benzamide Derivatives

The structure activity relationship of polyhydroxylated benzamide derivatives for whitening effects was examined. The adamantyl benzamide derivatives with catechol (3,4-dihydroxyphenyl) of B-ring part showed good anti-melanogenesis activity, but the inhibitory activity of mono-hydroxyphenyl (3-OH or 4-OH) or 3,4-dimethoxyphenyl substituted derivatives was decreased or lost. Therefore the catechol unit was appeared to be the crucial factor for the inhibition of melanogenesis. And the existence of 2-OH of A-ring part had minor influence on the activity, the length of carbon chain between A-ring and B-ring was also not the major factor for the anti-melanogenesis activity.

Depigmenting Effects of Esculetin and Esculin Isolated from Fraxinus rhynchophyllaHance

물푸레나무 수피 추출물은 주요 생활성 물질로서 esculetin과 esculin을 포함하고 있다. 이 가운데, Esculetin은 B16F10 melanoma cells에서

Novel thiourea derivatives and the pharmaceutical compositions containing the same

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Novel thiocarbamic acid derivatives and the pharmaceutical compositions containing the same

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Thiourea Derivative-Containing Pharmaceutical Composition Having Improved Solubility and Bioavailability

2.8{mu}M

Novel benzoic acid amide compound

의 아주 좋은 melanogenesis 억제 활성을 나타내며, 이를 통해 Melan-A cell에서 melanin 합성을 감소시킨다. 더욱이, esculetin은 mushroom tyrosinase에서도

The ginsenosides of Panax ginseng promote hair growth via similar mechanism of minoxidil

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Inorganic powder coated with biocompatible polymer, and cosmetic composition comprising same

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Novel pseudoceramide compound and production method for same

40{mu}M