Porphyra-334, a potential natural source for UVA protective sunscreens

Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 432-435

  Torres, Avital ^a   Enk, Claes D ^b   Hochberg, Malka ^b   Srebnik, Morris ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID DERIVATIVE; METHANOL; MYCOSPORINE LIKE AMINO ACID; PORPHYRA 334; SUNSCREEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APHANIZOMENON; ARTICLE; CYANOBACTERIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

APHANIZOMENON FLOS-AQUAE; PORPHYRA;

EID: 33744461317     PISSN: 1474905X     EISSN: 14749092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b517330m     Document Type: Article

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