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Anti-glycation Ingredient. Skin appearance decides the impression of age. This brownish yellow skin tone, which is called “Kusumi” in Japanese, is caused by glycation in the skin. In recent years, anti-glycation care has gained a lot of interests among consumers as a new target of anti-aging. Glycation reaction is also known as Maillard reaction and amino-carbonylation reaction. For example, golden color of bread, roasted coffee in food, and complication of diabetes in the body, etc. Glycation is a reaction which starts from sugar and protein reaction and ends with production of AGEs, stable brownish yellow compounds.