The present invention relates to a cosmetic composition, a health
functional food composition, a pharmaceutical and a quasi-
drug composition having an effect of improving
skin wrinkles, improving skinmoisturization, removing
skin keratin, improving
skin elasticity, improving skin wrinkles, inhibiting
erythema or improving
skin photoaging, the composition containing
ionone or a salt thereof as anactive ingredient. Since the
ionone or a salt thereof of the present invention exhibits the activities of increasing skin
moisture content, decreasing the amount of
evaporation from skin, increasing the amount of procollagen
secretion, promoting
collagen biosynthesis, inhibiting
collagen fiber damage, inhibiting
collagen fiber decomposition, inhibiting
erythema and inhibiting the thickening of a skin epidermal layer, the
ionone or a salt thereof of the present invention can be effectively utilized as materials for functional
cosmetics, health functional foods, pharmaceuticals and quasi-drugs,etc. that provide an effect of improving skin moisturization, removing skin
keratin, improving
skin elasticity, improving skin wrinkles, inhibiting
erythema, improving skin wrinkles and / or improving
skin photoaging.