The Role of Carotenoids in Human Skin [PDF]
Molecules, 2011 The human skin, as the boundary organ between the human body and the environment, is under the constant influence of free radicals (FR), both from the outside in and from the inside out. Carotenoids are known to be powerful antioxidant substances playing
Theognosia Vergou +3 more
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Skin Carotenoids Are Related to Cognitive Abilities among Toddlers [PDF]
Journal of NutritionCarotenoids are antioxidant pigments that deposit in human tissues (e.g., skin, macula, and brain) upon dietary consumption. The health implications of skin carotenoids, which reflect overall dietary carotenoid consumption, have not been adequately studied in younger populations.This work aimed to examine links between skin carotenoids and cognitive ...
Laura M Rosok +2 more
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Carotenoids and Dermoaesthetic Benefits: Public Health Implications [PDF]
Cosmetics, 2023 Food technology, health, nutrition, dermatology, and aesthetics have focused on colorless carotenoids. Carotenoids are readily bioavailable and have demonstrated various health-promoting actions.
Foteini Biskanaki +6 more
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Do We Utilize Our Knowledge of the Skin Protective Effects of Carotenoids Enough? [PDF]
Antioxidants, 2019 Due to their potential health-promoting effects, carotenoids have drawn both scientific and public attention in recent years. The primary source of carotenoids in the human skin is diet, mainly fruits, vegetables, and marine product, but they may ...
Anamaria Balić, Mislav Mokos
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Carotenoid basics: from food to skin
Redox Experimental Medicine, 2023 The aim of this review is to provide a comprehensive and simple graphical overview on carotenoids. The review describes in four detailed figures the course of carotenoids from food to skin.
Daniela Weber, Tilman Grune
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You are what you eat: within-subject increases in fruit and vegetable consumption confer beneficial skin-color changes. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 Fruit and vegetable consumption and ingestion of carotenoids have been found to be associated with human skin-color (yellowness) in a recent cross-sectional study.
Ross D Whitehead +4 more
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Modulation of Cutaneous Carotenoid Content via Ozone Exposure [PDF]
Cosmetics, 2023 Ozone (O3) is a harmful air pollutant to which we are constantly exposed. Given its strong oxidizing effects and pervasiveness in the air we breathe, O3 is especially damaging to target organs in the respiratory system (e.g., lungs) and the integumentary
Franco Cervellati +4 more
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Relationships between Skin Carotenoid Levels and Metabolic Syndrome [PDF]
Antioxidants, 2021 Carotenoids have potential antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects; their protective roles are of particular interest in the pathogenesis of metabolic syndrome (MetS).
Yuji Takayanagi +7 more
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Carotenoids in Skin Photoaging: Unveiling Protective Effects, Molecular Insights, and Safety and Bioavailability Frontiers [PDF]
AntioxidantsSkin photoaging, driven primarily by ultraviolet radiation, remains a critical dermatological concern. Carotenoids, a class of natural pigments with potent antioxidant properties, have emerged as promising agents for preventing and mitigating photoaging.
Yingchao Ma +7 more
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Combined Effects of Carotenoids and Polyphenols in Balancing the Response of Skin Cells to UV Irradiation [PDF]
Molecules, 2021 Oral carotenoids and polyphenols have been suggested to induce photo-protective effects. The aim of the study was to test whether the combination of carotenoids and polyphenols produce greater protective effects from UV-induced damage to skin cells. Such
Glenda Calniquer +9 more
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