Innovative anti-oxidant: Fullerene (INCI #: 7587) is as "radical sponge on the skin. Its high level of safety, stability and potential as premier anti-aging and whitening cosmetic ingredient

Fullerenes Nanotubes and Carbon Nanostructures

Volumn 14, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 335-341

  Takada, H ^a   Mimura, H ^a   Xiao, L ^b   Islam, R M ^b   Matsubayashi, K ^a   Ito, S ^a   Miwa, N ^b  

^a MITSUBISHI CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF HIROSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anti oxidant; Fullerene; Keratinocytes; Melanocytes; Radical oxygen species (ROS)

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANTS; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; DERMATOLOGY; SKIN; TOXIC MATERIALS;

CYTOTOXICITY; KERATINOCYTES; MELANOCYTES; RADICAL OXYGEN SPECIES (ROS);

FULLERENES;

EID: 33745156461     PISSN: 1536383X     EISSN: 15364046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15363830600665433     Document Type: Conference Paper

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