A topical antioxidant solution containing vitamins C and E stabilized by ferulic acid provides protection for human skin against damage caused by ultraviolet irradiation

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 418-425

  Murray, John C ^a   Burch, James A ^a   Streilein, Robert D ^a   Iannacchione, Mary Ann ^a   Hall, Russell P ^a   Pinnell, Sheldon R ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; CEFER; DIMER; FERULIC ACID; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 1ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN P53; SKIN PROTECTIVE AGENT; THYMINE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DRUG FORMULATION; ERYTHEMA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VIVO STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN PROTECTION; SUNBURN; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ADULT; ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; COUMARIC ACIDS; CYTOKINES; DNA DAMAGE; DNA PRIMERS; DRUG COMBINATIONS; ERYTHEMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PYRIMIDINE DIMERS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RNA, MESSENGER; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SUNBURN; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN P53; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 48749129139     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2008.05.004     Document Type: Article

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