Patent ID: 6919306
Filing Date: 2005-07-19
Classification: A61B,A61K,A61Q,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method for promoting amelioration of rough skin and wrinkles in a human which comprises orally administering to said human an effective amount of a skin care agent to improve moisture and tension of the skin comprising: (a) a collagen peptide that is obtained by extracting collagen from fish skin or fish bone, and producing a mixture of collagen peptides by enzymolysis, the collagen peptide having a number average molecular weight of 1,000 to 10,000; and (b) N-acetylglucosamine; wherein the collagen peptide is contained in an amount of from 0.1 to 99.9% by weight of the total weight of the skin care agent and the N-acetylglucosamine is contained in an amount of from 0.1 to 99.9% by weight of the total weight of the skin care agent.