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Naris Cosmetics Uncovers Skin Whitening Properties Of Turmeric
Main Category: Dermatology News
Article Date: 11 Oct 2006 - 0:00am (PDT)

Naris Cosmetics Co., Ltd. has announced its recent discovery that skin
whitening power made with turmeric is four times as strong as that made
with the conventional arbutin.

The company conducted two clinical trials using cultured cells to find
out how effective turmeric is in reducing melanin on suntanned human
skin.

According to the trials, turmeric applied to cultured melanocytes was
found to cut melanin-producing receptor modules by 60%. A test using
cultured human skin cells was found to reduce melanin production by
40%. Another test using skin tonic with turmeric resulted in faster
recovery of suntanned skin.

Naris has already filed a patent application and will announce its
findings at a meeting of the International Federation of Societies of
Cosmetic Chemists (IFSCC), being held from October 16-19 in Osaka.

By Aki Tsukioka, JCN Staff Writer

Copyright © 2006 JCN. All rights reserved. A division of Japan
Corporate News Network KK

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I suppose this would ALSO make turmeric .. a .. tyrosinase inhibitor ..
since it has .. iron chelating .. properties  ..

Eh ..

http://groups.google.ca/group/sci.med/msg/64c719964e6c00e0?hl=en& ..

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