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Period (weeks)
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Test product (g/h m2)
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Control product (g/h m2)
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(a) Trans-epidermal moisture loss
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0
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20.31 ± 7.38Aa
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19.45 ± 6.84Aa
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2
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17.10 ± 6.64Ba
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18.38 ± 5.52Bb
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4
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14.66 ± 7.31Ca
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17.41 ± 5.40Bb
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(b) The percentage of the trans-epidermal moisture loss changes from the zero day of the treatment
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2
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15.81%
|
5.50%
|
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4
|
27.82%
|
10.49%
|
- Mean values ±SD from separate triplicate experiments are shown. The means with different letters (A–C) within the same sample are significantly different at p < 0.05, and means with different letters (a–b) within the same period are significantly different at p < 0.05.
