COSMETIC COMPOSITION HAVING ANTIOXIDATION ACTIVITY

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Abstract

A cosmetic composition is provided to be safe to skin, show excellent skin anti-aging and anti-oxidative effects, and maintain the effect excellently. A cosmetic composition having anti-oxidation activity comprises 0.0001-10 wt.% of a fermented extract of at least one medicinal stuff selected from the group consisting of Glycyrrhiza glabra, Cinnamomum cassia, Angelica tenuissima, Sophora angustifolia, Lycium chinese, Phaseolus radiatus, Zizyphus jujube, Aralia continentalis, Cordyceps sinensis, Prunus mume, Paeonia suffruticosa, Inula Helenium, Pinellia ternate, Poria cocos, Rubus chingii, Asarum Sieboldii, Cimicifuga dahurica, Magnolia liliflora, Artemisia vularis, Achyranthes bidentata, Curcuma longa, Panax gienseng, Dioscorea japonica, Rubia akane, Trichosantes Kirilowii, Gardenia jasminoides, Polygonum multiflorum, Scutellaria baicalensis and Panax ginseng-Cordyceps sinensis, wherein the fermented extract is obtained by adding yeast, lactic acid bacteria or bifidobacterium to the medicinal stuff and then culturing it or by inoculating fungi such as Inonnotus-obliquus, Cordyceps sinensis, Phellinus linteus and Ganoderma lucidum to the medicinal stuff and then solid-fermenting it. The yeast is one or more selected from Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Schizosaccharomyces ellipsoids and Saccharomyces boulardii, the lactic acid bacteria is one or more selected from Lactobacillus acidophilus, Lactobacillus casei, Lactobacillus bulgaricus, Lactobacillus rhamnosus, Lactobacillus plantarum, Lactobacillus reuteri and Lactobacillus confusus, Lactobacillus fermentum and Lactobacillus brevis, and the bifidobacterium is one or more selected from Bifidobacterium breve, Bifidobacterium bifidum, Bifidobacterium longum and Bifidobacterium infantis.