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In our previous studies, dietary supplements of silk protein, sericin, and fibroin, were beneficial for improving epidermal levels of ceramides, which are the major lipids for maintaining the epidermal barrier....
BACKGROUND: Sericulture plays an eminent role in development of rural economy in India. Silk filature is a unit where silk is unwound from the cocoons and the strands are collected...
Kim H, Park KH, Yeo JH, Lee KG, Jeong DH, Kim SH, Cho Y
KMID: 2270024
Korean J Nutr.
2006 Sep;39(6):520-528.
Free amino acids in epidermis function as a major component of Natural Moisturizing Factor (NMF), which maintains the optimal level of water in skin even at the low humidity. In...