Nutritional approach to sun protection: A suggested complement to external strategies

Nutrition Reviews

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 75-86

  Shapira, Niva ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Mediterranean diet; Skin; Ultraviolet radiation

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; CAFFEINE; CARCINOGEN; CAROTENOID; CATALASE; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; FLAVONOID; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; GREEN TEA EXTRACT; LYCOPENE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID; POLYPHENOL; PROANTHOCYANIDIN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SELENIUM; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TOCOPHEROL; VITAMIN D; XANTHOPHYLL; EDIBLE OIL; SUNSCREEN; TRACE ELEMENT;

AMELANOTIC MELANOMA; APOPTOSIS; CELL DAMAGE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DNA DAMAGE; ERYTHEMA; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFLAMMATION; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; MELANOMA; MUTAGENICITY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHOTOOXIDATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RADIATION RESPONSE; REVIEW; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN PROTECTION; SUN EXPOSURE; SUNBURN; SUNLIGHT PROTECTION; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET C RADIATION; DRUG EFFECT; FUNCTIONS OF THE SKIN AND ITS APPENDAGES; METABOLISM; NUTRITION; SKIN TUMOR; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ANTIOXIDANTS; DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; DIETARY FATS, UNSATURATED; DNA DAMAGE; HUMANS; MELANOMA; MICRONUTRIENTS; NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SKIN PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; SUNSCREENING AGENTS;

EID: 77950362697     PISSN: 00296643     EISSN: 17534887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-4887.2009.00264.x     Document Type: Review

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