Potential of herbs in skin protection from ultraviolet radiation

Pharmacognosy Reviews

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 164-173

  Korać, Radava R ^a   Khambholja, Kapil M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b GANPAT UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; cosmetics; plant extract; sunblocks; Ultra violet radiation

Indexed keywords

ALLANTOIN; ALOE VERA EXTRACT; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTHOCYANIN; ANTIOXIDANT; APIGENIN; ASCORBIC ACID; BLACK TEA EXTRACT; BORAGE OIL; CAROTENOID; COSMETIC; CURCUMIN; GREEN TEA EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; PEANUT EXTRACT; PRIMROSE OIL; PROANTHOCYANIDIN; QUERCETIN; RADIOPROTECTIVE AGENT; RESVERATROL; SILYMARIN; SKIN PROTECTIVE AGENT; SQUALENE; SUNSCREEN; TEA TREE OIL; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; VITAMIN D; ZINC OXIDE;

ERYTHEMA; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; NONHUMAN; PHOTOAGING; PIGMENT DISORDER; RADIATION CARCINOGENESIS; RADIATION DERMATITIS; RADIATION PROTECTION; REVIEW; SKIN ALLERGY; SKIN EDEMA; SKIN PROTECTION; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET C RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WALNUT;

ALOE; ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; CAMELLIA SINENSIS; KRAMERIA; MICROPUS; SESAMUM INDICUM;

EID: 84856596636     PISSN: 09737847     EISSN: 09762787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0973-7847.91114     Document Type: Review

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