Effects of controlled exposure of sunlight on plasma and skin levels of β-carotene

Free Radical Research

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 215-224

  Biesalski, Hans Konrad ^a   Hemmes, Christian ^a   Hopfenmuller, Werner ^c   Schmid, Christine ^b   Gollnick, Harald P M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Free radicals; Human skin; UV light; tocopherol; carotene

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; BELLA CAROTIN; BETA CAROTENE; LYCOPENE; RETINOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN; SKIN BIOPSY; SUN EXPOSURE; SUNLIGHT; TISSUE LEVEL; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0029865647     PISSN: 10715762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10715769609088019     Document Type: Article

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