A water soluble extract from Uncaria tomentosa (Cat's claw) is a potent enhancer of DNA repair in primary organ cultures of human skin

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 178-183

  Mammone, Thomas ^a   Åkesson, Christina ^b   Gan, David ^a   Giampapa, Vincent ^c   Pero, Ronald W ^b,c  

^a Estee Lauder Inc   (United States)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Giampapa Institute for Anti Aging Medical Therapy   (United States)

Author keywords

C Med 100; DNA repair; Quinic acid esters; UV induced thymidine dimers; UV radiation protection

Indexed keywords

UNCARIA TOMENTOSA EXTRACT;

ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPAIR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; SKIN CULTURE; SKIN NECROSIS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; UNCARIA TOMENTOSA;

ANIMALS; CAT'S CLAW; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA REPAIR; ESTERS; FLUOROIMMUNOASSAY; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NECROSIS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT BARK; PLANT EXTRACTS; PYRIMIDINE DIMERS; QUINIC ACID; SKIN; SUNSCREENING AGENTS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; UNCARIA;

UNCARIA TOMENTOSA;

EID: 33645466656     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.1827     Document Type: Article

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