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Topical vitamins, minerals and botanical ingredients as modulators of environmental and chronological skin damage
Article first published online: 24 OCT 2003
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.2003.05540.x
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Chiu, A. and Kimball, A. (2003), Topical vitamins, minerals and botanical ingredients as modulators of environmental and chronological skin damage. British Journal of Dermatology, 149: 681–691. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.2003.05540.x
Publication History
- Issue published online: 24 OCT 2003
- Article first published online: 24 OCT 2003
- Accepted for publication 16 April 2003
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Keywords:
- antioxidants;
- botanicals;
- cosmetic;
- photoageing;
- skin;
- vitamins
Summary
Ageing skin is characterized by fine lines, wrinkles, lentigines, dyspigmentation and increased coarseness. Topical preparations alleged to combat these changes abound in the over-the-counter market. Some of the most popular ingredients used in these products are vitamins, minerals and botanical extracts. Proposed mechanisms for antiageing effects on skin range from antioxidant properties to improved collagen synthesis or protection from collagen breakdown. Despite the media attention and consumer popularity that these ingredients have generated, there have been few scientific studies to support these claims. In this report, we review recent published studies on the most common of these ingredients for the topical photoprotection and the treatment of ageing skin.