Composition for preventing or reducing transepidermal water loss
AssigneeNestec 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.
Claims22
A method for preventing or treating transepidermal water loss (TEWL) and/or TEWL-associated disorders in the off-spring or breast-fed infant of the woman to whom the maternal composition is administered comprising administering a maternal composition comprising at least a SFCA ingredient or at least a SCFA originating ingredient or mixtures thereof to an individual in need of same.
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A method for enhancing skin barrier function, in the off-spring or breast-fed infant of the woman to whom the maternal composition is administered comprising administering a maternal composition comprising at least a SFCA ingredient or at least a SCFA originating ingredient or mixtures thereof to an individual in need of same.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.