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ReviewArchives of biochemistry and biophysics2011

Natural agents: cellular and molecular mechanisms of photoprotection.

Farrukh Afaq

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Review in Archives of biochemistry and biophysics, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 38 papers.

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38citing papers in PubMed
9.3field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

38 citing papers in PubMed, 136 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Farrukh AfaqDepartment of Dermatology, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA. fafaq@uab.edu
University of Alabama at Birmingham · US

Funding

Cancer Chemoprevention by Pomegranate Fruit ExtractR21AT002429 · NCCIH · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI AFAQ, FARRUKH · 2005 to 2006
$396k
NCCIH NIH HHS R21 AT002429
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The skin is the largest organ of the body that produces a flexible and self-repairing barrier and protects the body from most common potentially harmful physical, environmental, and biological insults. Solar ultraviolet (UV) radiation is one of the major environmental insults to the skin and causes multi-tiered cellular and molecular events eventually leading to skin cancer. The past decade has seen a surge in the incidence of skin cancer due to changes in life style patterns that have led to a significant increase in the amount of UV radiation that people receive. Reducing excessive exposure to UV radiation is desirable; nevertheless this approach is not easy to implement. Therefore, there is an urgent need to develop novel strategies to reduce the adverse biological effects of UV radiation on the skin. A wide variety of natural agents have been reported to possess substantial skin photoprotective effects. Numerous preclinical and clinical studies have elucidated that natural agents act by several cellular and molecular mechanisms to delay or prevent skin cancer. In this review article, we have summarized and discussed some of the selected natural agents for skin photoprotection.

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AnimalsBiological ProductsCellsCytoprotectionHumansLightRadiation ProtectionBiological Products

Identifiers

PMID21147060
PMCPMC3060948
OpenAlexW2073405097

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