11.04.22
US Patent No. 11,484,490 B2 (Kil Sun Myoung, Jin Sup Shim, Jae Young Ko, Yong Jin Kim); Amorepacific Corp. has patented a method for improving skin elasticity that entails applying an topical preparation to the skin. The composition’s active ingredient is an extract of a fermented product of red yeast rice obtained by fermenting rice with a Monascus purpureus strain, followed by further fermenting with a Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain. The Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain is a Saccharomyces cerevisiae JTL-L1 strain deposited under accession number KCCM (Korean Culture Center of Microorganisms) 12008P.