摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a food or a drug which exhibits excellent skin function-improving benefits such as a skin barrier function-improving benefit, a moisturizing benefit, a ceramide increase, and a keratinization ameliorating benefit. <P>SOLUTION: Provided are a skin barrier function-improving agent, a skin ceramide-increasing agent, a skin moisturizing function-ameliorating agent, a keratinization ameliorating agent, etc., each of which contains as an active ingredient, a free 10-36C saturated fatty acid or a salt thereof. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT |