Composition for preventing or reducing transepidermal water loss
AssigneeSociete des Produits Nestle S.A.
InventorsCarine Blanchard, Chiara Nembrini
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Abstract
The present invention relates to the use in a pregnant or lactating woman of SFCA ingredient, SCFA originating ingredients or mixtures thereof for preventing and/or treating trans epidermal water loss (TEWL) and/or TEWL-associated disorders and/or enhance skin barrier function in the off-spring or breast-fed infant.
Claims13
A method for preventing or treating transepidermal water loss (TEWL) and/or TEWL-associated disorders in an off-spring or a breast-fed infant of a mother, the method comprising administering to the mother while pregnant and/or while lactating a maternal composition comprising a component selected from the group consisting of acetate, propionate, and a mixture thereof, and the component is 10 to 90 wt. % of the maternal composition.
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