Title:
COMPOSITION CONTAINING TENEBRIO MOLITOR EXTRACT AS ACTIVE INGREDIENT FOR IMPROVING SKIN WRINKLES OR MOISTURIZING SKIN
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2019/022475
Kind Code:
A2
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a composition containing a Tenebrio molitor extract as an active ingredient for improving skin wrinkles or moisturizing the skin. More specifically, the Tenebrio molitor extract has almost no cytotoxicity, increases the content of hyaluronic acid which improves skin moisturization, reduces the amount of transepidermal water loss that has been increased due to UV rays, increases moisturization of the skin, reduces the thickness of the skin, reduces the amount of expression of MMP-1 and MMP-9 proteins, and controls the amount of expression of proteins related to improving wrinkles. As a result, the composition according to the present invention can be used as a functional health food composition for improving skin wrinkles or moisturizing the skin, or as a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating skin wrinkles.
Inventors:
CHAE SUNG UK (KR)
IM A-RANG (KR)
KIM KI MO (KR)
IM A-RANG (KR)
KIM KI MO (KR)
Application Number:
PCT/KR2018/008358
Publication Date:
January 31, 2019
Filing Date:
July 24, 2018
Export Citation:
Assignee:
KOREA INST ORIENTAL MEDICINE (KR)
International Classes:
A61K8/98; A23L33/10; A61K35/64; A61Q19/00; A61Q19/08
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
CHOI, Kyu Whan (KR)
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