Disposition and metabolism of topically administered α-tocopherol acetate: A common ingredient of commercially available sunscreens and cosmetics

Nutrition and Cancer

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 193-201

  Alberts, David S ^a,b   Goldman, Rayna ^a   Xu, Min Jian ^a   Dorr, Robert T ^a   Quinn, Jaime ^a   Welch, Kevin ^a   Guillen Rodriguez, José ^a   Aickin, Mikel ^a   Peng, Yei Mei ^a   Loescher, Lois ^a   Gensler, Helen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; COSMETIC; EFLORNITHINE; GAMMA TOCOPHEROL; SUNSCREEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANICREME;

ACTINIC KERATOSIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DISPOSITION; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG METABOLISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN CANCER; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SKIN PERMEABILITY; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0345367349     PISSN: 01635581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01635589609514475     Document Type: Article

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