Aging skin and food supplements: the myth and the truth

Clinics in Dermatology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 641-647

  Rona, Claudia ^a   Berardesca, Enzo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b SAN GALLICANO DERMATOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CAROTENE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ALPHA TOCOTRIENOL; AMINO ACID; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; ASTAXANTHIN; BETA CAROTENE; BLUEBERRY EXTRACT; CAROTENOID; GLUCOSAMINE; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; GREEN TEA EXTRACT; ISOFLAVONE; LYCOPENE; MINERAL; PINE BARK EXTRACT; PLACEBO; PLANT EXTRACT; POLYPHENOL DERIVATIVE; POLYSACCHARIDE; PROCYANIDIN; PYCNOGENOL; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; RETINOID; SELENIUM; THIOCTIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; VITAMIN; XANTHOPHYLL; ZINC;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EATING HABIT; ERYTHEMA; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; PHOTOAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN PROTECTION; SUNLIGHT PROTECTION; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; HUMANS; SKIN AGING; SUNSCREENING AGENTS;

EID: 53649083192     PISSN: 0738081X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clindermatol.2007.09.002     Document Type: Article

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