Abstract: The present disclosure describes a Lansium domesticum leaf extract and methods of using the leaf extract for decreasing the pigmentation of the skin and/or of the skin appendages, and/or decreasing the pigment spots on the skin. The disclosure further describes methods of using the leaf extract for the treatment of pathological conditions involving a pigment dysregulation. The disclosure also describes cosmetic compositions and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the leaf extract.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of a Lansium domesticum leaf extract for decreasing the pigmentation of the skin and/or of the skin appendages, and/or decreasing the pigment spots on the skin. The extract according to the invention is present in a cosmetic composition comprising at least one cosmetically acceptable excipient. Another subject of the invention relates to a cosmetic care process comprising the topical application of the extract according to the invention or of the cosmetic composition comprising same, for decreasing the pigmentation of the skin and/or of the skin appendages, and/or decreasing the pigment spots on the skin. Yet another subject of the invention relates to the L. domesticum leaf extract for the pharmaceutical, preferentially dermatological, use thereof in the treatment of pathological conditions involving a pigment dysregulation.