Skin dullness suppressing agent, and skin barrier function maintaining or improving agent

Abstract

Provided is a novel agent containing a plant-derived component, which has an effect against the dullness of the skin and an effect against the deterioration of a skin barrier function. A skin dullness suppressing agent or a skin barrier function maintaining or improving agent, which contains an oil-soluble extract derived from red paprika. It is preferred that the skin dullness suppressing agent or the skin barrier function maintaining or improving agent has a dosage form of an oral preparation, and it is also preferred that the oil-soluble extract contains a hexane-soluble component.

1 . A skin dullness suppressing agent comprising an oil-soluble extract from red paprika. 
     
     
         2 . The skin dullness suppressing agent according to  claim 1 , wherein the skin dullness suppressing agent has a dosage form of an oral preparation. 
     
     
         3 . The skin dullness suppressing agent according to  claim 1 , wherein the oil-soluble extract contains a hexane-soluble component. 
     
     
         4 . A skin barrier function maintaining or improving agent comprising an oil-soluble extract from red paprika. 
     
     
         5 . The skin barrier function maintaining or improving agent according to  claim 4 , wherein the skin barrier function maintaining or improving agent has a dosage form of an oral preparation. 
     
     
         6 . The skin barrier function maintaining or improving agent according to  claim 4 , wherein the oil-soluble extract contains a hexane-soluble component. 
     
     
         7 . A method of preparing a skin dullness suppressing agent comprising obtaining an oil-soluble extract from red paprika. 
     
     
         8 . A method of preparing a skin barrier function maintaining or improving agent comprising obtaining an oil-soluble extract from red paprika.