Abstract:
PURPOSE: A method for screening a material which induces skin irritation by yellow dust is provided to reduce skin irritative factor expression and to reduce skin irritation by yellow dust. CONSTITUTION: A method for screening a material which induces skin irritation by yellow dust comprises: a step of treating yellow dust to keratinocytes; and a step of screening a gene of which expression level is significantly changed comparing with the expression of normal keratinocytes through RT-PCR. The material which induces skin irritation by yellow dust is AhR or CYP. A method for screening a material which relieves skin irritation by yellow dust comprises: a step of treating yellow dust to test cells to induce overexpression of an irritative factor; a step of treating a candidate material to the overexpressed cells; a step of measuring expression level of the irritative factor by RT-PCR. The material which relieves skin irritation by yellow dust is Trichosanthis semen. An external use skin composition for relieving skin irritation contains 0.001-1 weight% of Trichosanthis semen.