Objective: To investigate anti-tyrosinase and in vitro antioxidant activities of crude extracts from different parts of Blumea balsamifera

in order to screen active ingredients with whitening and antioxidant effects. Method: Functional leaves

tender leaves and immature stems of B. balsamifera were refluxed by aqueous

50% ethanol and 95% ethanol

respectively.Then crude extracts were measured tyrosinase inhibitory by enzymology method

and antioxidant activities were detected by DPPH

ABTS and FRAP methods. Result: DPPH free radical scavenging rate of 95% ethanol extract from functional leaves

tender leaves

immature stems of B. balsamifera was higher than other extracts

which was 95.38%

91.32% and 92.49%

respectively.FRAP

ABTS and anti-tyrosinase experiment's result showed that 50% ethanol and 95% ethanol extracts from functional leaves and immature stems possessed good activity.When concentration of each extracts were 1 500 mg·L-1

scavenging rates of aqueous

50% ethanol and 95% ethanol extracts of functional leaves for ABTS radical were 26.54%

82.48% and 67.46%

data of these three extracts of tender leaves were 34.15%

95.39% and 59.59%

while these data of immature stems were 52.05%

39.35% and 38.77%

respectively.Inhibition rates of aqueous

50% ethanol and 95% ethanol extracts of functional leaves on tyrosinase were 24.24%

32.79%

37.97%;these data of tender leaves were 27.12%

36.53% and 34.19%

while immature stems' were 31.36%

26.22% and 24.00%

respectively. Conclusion: Crude extracts from different parts of B. balsamifera have good antioxidant activities and inhibitory effect on tyrosinase

functional leaves and tender leaves are main active parts.