Healthy adults
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: People who meet the following conditions will be required. 1) Who has no habit of drinking vegetable juice. 2) Who has mild to moderate dry skin. 3) Whose water content of stratum corneum on the right cheek is relatively low. 4) Whose score of UV spots is relatively high. 5) Who can provide written informed consents by her own free will.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: People who meet any of the following conditions will be excluded. 1) Who is a patient of atopic dermatitis, contact dermatitis or dermal hypersensitivity. 2) Who has drug or food allergies. 3) Who has a pollen allergy and takes medicine. 4) Who cannot drink vegetable juice or mixed vegetable and fruit juice. 5) Who has a marked surgical history of digestive system or has breathing problems or heart diseases. 6) Who has a smoking habit. 7) Who is addicted to alcohol or has an extremely irregular dietary habit. 8) Who is receiving hormonal replacement therapy. 9) Who is extremely suntanned or spends long time outdoors. 10) Who takes special care of facial skin (facial massager, going to facial spa, chemical peeling, laser therapy, and so on). 11) Who takes drugs, quasi-drugs, dietary supplements, health foods, or something other which possibly have effects on this study. 12) Who is planning to go abroad or go to the beach during the study period. 13) Who is pregnant or breastfeeding, or desires to get pregnant during the study period. 14) Who is judged unsuitable for this study by principal investigator.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Skin image analysis (UV spots, brown spots) Mean cell area Skin replica analysis (skin texture) Microscope analysis (skin texture) Skin color (L/a value) Serum beta-carotene Serum alpha-carotene Serum beta-cryptoxanthin | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Kagome Co., Ltd. Research & Development Division