The role of phytonutrients in skin health

Nutrients

Volumn 2, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 903-928

  Evans, Julie A ^a   Johnson, Elizabeth J ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carotenoids; Flavonoids; Photodamage; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; ASTAXANTHIN; BETA CAROTENE; CANTHAXANTHIN; CAROTENOID; CATECHIN; EPICATECHIN; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; FLAVONOID; GREEN TEA EXTRACT; INTERSTITIAL COLLAGENASE; ISORHAMNETIN; KAEMPFEROL; LYCOPENE; MACROPHAGE ELASTASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PLACEBO; PRIMROSE OIL; PYCNOGENOL; QUERCETIN; REACTIVE NITROGEN SPECIES; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; THIOCTIC ACID; TOCOPHEROL; XANTHOPHYLL; ZEAXANTHIN;

BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CACAO; CANCER PREVENTION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG STRUCTURE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FRUIT; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MELANOMA; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHOTOAGING; PHYTONUTRIENT; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SKIN CANCER; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN PAPILLOMA; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SUN EXPOSURE; SUNLIGHT PROTECTION; TEA; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VEGETABLE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 79952049755     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nu2080903     Document Type: Review

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