Sebaceous gland secretion is a major physiologic route of vitamin E delivery to skin

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 113, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1006-1010

  Thiele, Jens J ^b   Weber, Stefan U ^a   Packer, Lester ^a  

^a Dept of Molecular and Cell Biology ^*  (United States)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Lipid peroxidation; Oxidative stress; Sebum; Squalene; tocopherol

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; SQUALENE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR;

ARTICLE; CHEEK; CORRELATION FUNCTION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; NORMAL HUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEBACEOUS GLAND; SEBUM; SKIN PROTECTION; SKIN SURFACE; STRATUM CORNEUM; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 2942579790     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1747.1999.00794.x     Document Type: Article

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