NOEVIR Elucidates Skin-whitening Properties of Gardenia.Tokyo, Japan, Mar 17, 2006 - (JCN JCN Japan Corporate News JCN Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience JCN Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing JCN Journal of Christian Nursing JCN Job Control Number JCN Journal of Child Neurology JCN joint communications network (US DoD) ) - NOEVIR announced on March 16 that it has discovered a unique property of gardenia gardenia: see madder. gardenia Any of the approximately 200 species of ornamental shrubs and trees in the genus Gardenia, in the madder family, native to tropical and subtropical Africa and Asia. fruit extract. In the recent research, the company confirmed that gardenia fruit extract promotes the generation of glutathione glutathione: see coenzyme. , which works on dopaquinone to promote the production of phaeomelanin, a type of melanin melanin (mĕl`ənĭn), water-insoluble polymer of various compounds derived from the amino acid tyrosine. It is one of two pigments found in human skin and hair and adds brown to skin color; the other pigment is carotene, which contributes . There are two different types of melanin, eumelanin with black pigments and phaeomelanin with yellow pigments. In general, eumelanin plays a role in darkening dark·en v. dark·ened, dark·en·ing, dark·ens v.tr. 1. a. To make dark or darker. b. To give a darker hue to. 2. To fill with sadness; make gloomy. 3. the skin. Accordingly, the increase in phaeomelanin and decrease in eumelanin makes the skin appear whiter. In addition, the research indicated that gardenia raised on Minami-Daito Island contains more active ingredients that promote the generation of glutathione. Details of the research will be presented at the Annual Meeting of the Japan Society for Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Agrochemistry 2006 to be held in Kyoto on March 26. The company plans to utlize this discovery in the development of a new skin whitening product, to be released this summer. Copyright [c] 2006 Japan Corporate News Network. All rights reserved. |
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