Skin appearance can be markedly improved by using Na-PCA, the sodium salt of 2-pyrrolidone-5-carboxylic acid, the principal natural humectant (moisturizer) in your skin. The ability of skin to hold moisture is directly related to its Na-PCA content. The ability of Na-PCA to pull water out of the air is amazing. If you put out a […]
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- 2-pyrrolidone-5-carboxylic acid, age pigments, aldehydes, carcinogenic, carotenoid, Cross-linking, EGF, epidermal growth factor, growth hormone, hormones, humectant, lipofuscin, moisturizer, Na-PCA, nerve cells, nerve growth factor, NGF, Orobronze, pantothenate, skin cells, sun tan, ultraviolet light, UV damage, UV light, vitamin A, vitamin B5
One fact about the future of which we can be certain is that it will be utterly fantastic. —Arthur C. Clarke, science-fiction author You don’t just want to feel younger, you want to look younger too. So do we. In this post, we tell you how you can slow down the wrinkling of your skin […]
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- acetaldehyde, alcohol, antioxidants, arteries, bitamin B1, carotenoid, Cross-linking, cysteine, fatty, free radicals, liver, nutrients, p-amino- benzoic acid, PABA, perodoxidation, skin, smoking, sun block, sunlight, ultraviolet light, UV light, vitamin c, vitamin E, wrinkles
interfere with PAH activation and/or binding to DNA, thereby reducing the amount of DNA damage done. Rate and accuracy of repair of ultraviolet (UV) light damage to DNA in seven mammalian species’ cultured fibroblasts correlates with maximum species life span. Repair of damage to DNA plays a vital role in retarding aging, although the importance […]
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- acetaldehyde, air pollution, cancer, DNA, Dr. R. B. Setlow, Dr. Ronald W. Hart, enzyme, fibroblasts, free radicals, genetic disease, globulin, glutathione peroxidase, hemoglobin, life span, nitrogen oxide, ozone, PAH, peroxyacetylnitrile, progeria, skin erythema, SOD, superoxide dismutase, ultraviolet light, UV, Xeroderma pigmentosa
Skin is a visible organ which suffers cross-linking damage. However, unlike other tissues, skin is exposed to considerable ultraviolet light (UV) energy from sunlight. Ultraviolet light is a major cause of skin cross-linking. This type of damage can be prevented or retarded by staying out of sunlight or using sun-block preparations containing esters of PABA […]
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- beta carotene, body clock, canthaxanthin, carotenoid, Cross-linking, death clock, DNA, Dr. W. Donner Denckla, nucleic acid, Orobronze, PABA, pituitary gland, RNA, skin, ultraviolet light, UV damage, UV light, vitamin A, vitamin b
Empiricism may serve to accumulate facts, but it will never build science. The experimenter who does not know what he is looking for will not understand what he finds. —Claude Bernard, 1813-1878 When your skin wrinkles, or arteries or bread hardens, or rubber becomes brittle, or old Jell-O® stiffens, we are seeing examples of the […]
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- acetaldehyde, alcohol, amino acid, arteries, atherosclerosis, cancer, cells, Cross-linking, cysteine, DNA, eggs, esters, flexibility, hemorrhage, liver, metabolism, molecules, nutrients, PABA, proteins, rats, RNA, sunlight, tissues, tobacco, ultraviolet light, vitamin b, vitamin B1, vitamin c, wrinkles