Melanin and facial skin fluorescence as markers of yellowish discoloration with aging

Skin Research and Technology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 496-502

  Ohshima, Hiroshi ^a,b   Oyobikawa, Midori ^a   Tada, Akihiro ^a   Maeda, Tetsuo ^a   Takiwaki, Hirotsugu ^c   Itoh, Masatoshi ^b   Kanto, Hiromi ^b  

^a POLA CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES INC   (Japan)

^b TOHO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Takiwaki Dermatology Clinic   (Japan)

Author keywords

AGEs index; B*; Melanin index; Yellowish discoloration

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED GLYCATION END PRODUCTS; AGES INDEX; CLINICAL SIGNS; CONCENTRATION OF; EMISSION WAVELENGTH; EPIDERMAL MELANIN; EXCITATION WAVELENGTH; FACIAL SKIN; INTRINSIC FLUORESCENCE; MEAN AGES; MELANIN INDEX; PHOTO-AGED SKINS; PHOTO-AGING; PILOT STUDIES; SPECTRAL REFLECTANCES; SPECTROFLUORIMETERS; YELLOWISH DISCOLORATION;

FLUORESCENCE; REFLECTION; SKIN;

DISCOLORATION;

ADVANCED GLYCATION END PRODUCT; MELANIN;

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; CHEEK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; PILOT STUDY; REFLECTOMETRY; SKIN COLOR; SKIN DISCOLORATION; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; COLOR; EPIDERMIS; FACE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; GLYCOSYLATION END PRODUCTS, ADVANCED; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MELANINS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PILOT PROJECTS; SKIN AGING; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350746079     PISSN: 0909752X     EISSN: 16000846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0846.2009.00396.x     Document Type: Article

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