Patent ID: 8835496

Claim:
A method of treating skin, mucosa, hair, nails, or scalp, comprising: administering to a subject in need thereof a human beta-defensin inducing agent comprising at least one triglyceride comprising a residue of: cis 7, 10, 13-hexadecatrienoic acid; linoleic acid; α-linoleic acid; γ-linoleic acid; stearidonic acid; eicosadienoic acid; dihomo-γ-linoleic acid; eicosatrienoic acid; eicosatetraenoic acid; arachidonic acid; eicosapentaenoic acid; docosadienoic acid; adrenic acid; docosapentaenoic acid; docosahexaenoic acid; or tetracosapentaenoic acid; wherein the treatment exerts an antimicrobial effect on the skin, mucosa, hair, nails, or scalp of the treated subject.