Oral intake of glucosylceramide improves relatively higher level of transepidermal water loss in mice and healthy human subjects

Journal of Health Science

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 559-566

  Uchiyama, Taro ^a   Nakano, Yusuke ^a   Ueda, Osamu ^a   Mori, Hiroshi ^a   Nakashima, Masaya ^a   Noda, Akira ^a   Ishizaki, Chiaki ^b   Mizoguchi, Masako ^c  

^a SHISEIDO RESEARCH CENTER   (Japan)

^b Shinjuku Minamiguchi Hifuka   (Japan)

^c ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Glucosylceramide; Interleukin 1 (IL 1 ); Itch; Konjac extract; Randomized double blind placebo controlled study; Transepidermal water loss (TEWL)

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOPHALLUS KONJAC EXTRACT; DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; GLUCOSYLCERAMIDE; INTERLEUKIN 1ALPHA; PLACEBO; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; HAIRLESS MOUSE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN FUNCTION; SKIN WATER LOSS; XERODERMA;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

EID: 54249164966     PISSN: 13449702     EISSN: 13475207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1248/jhs.54.559     Document Type: Article

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