TABLE 1.

Quantitative values of collagen and elastin content in papillary dermis used for statistical comparison between treated and untreated groups (N = 12 images per group)

Biomarker	Image#(N)	Untreated (No UV, Day 0)	Untreated (UV, Day 6)	Treated (UV+product), Day 6)
Collagen	001	75.8	63.0	59.2
	002	80.2	38.1	59.2
	003	52.5	53.4	52.3
	004	68.3	44.2	48.9
	005	59.8	47.4	63.7
	006	64.2	43.5	40.4
	007	69.3	58.8	58.3
	008	65.6	47.1	53.1
	009	72.2	45.8	69.2
	010	59.8	58.9	72.8
	011	61.5	55.1	68.0
	012	63.2	52.2	72.7
	Mean	66.0	50.6	59.8
	S.D.	7.6	7.5	10
	SEM	2.2	2.2	2.9
Elastin	001	0.676	0.225	0.048
	002	0.298	0.259	0.338
	003	0.426	0.543	0.679
	004	0.675	0.604	0.472
	005	0.594	0.465	0.56
	006	0.222	0.694	1.06
	007	0.318	0.131	0.338
	008	0.325	0.426	0.374
	009	0.85	0.433	0.728
	010	0.714	0.186	0.705
	011	0.529	0.252	0.674
	012	0.805	0.259	0.538
	Mean	0.536	0.373	0.543
	S.D.	0.214	0.18	0.257
	SEM	0.062	0.052	0.074

The bold values in table 1 correspond to calculated mean values that are used in plotting graphs (figure 2).