Antioxidant Found In Berries, Other Foods Prevents UV Skin Damage That Leads To Wrinkles

Wednesday, April 22, 2009 - 20:35 in Health & Medicine

Using a topical application of the antioxidant ellagic acid, researchers markedly prevented collagen destruction and inflammatory response -- major causes of wrinkles -- in both human skin cells and the sensitive skin of hairless mice following continuing exposure to UV-B, the sun's skin-damaging ultraviolet radioactive rays.

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