December 2016

Flavonoids as photoprotective agents: A systematic review

There is a growing need for research of photoprotective molecules from natural sources. Flavonoids have shown significant absorption in ultraviolet A (UVA), ultraviolet B (UVB) region, due to their chemical structure with conjugated double bonds, and may be used as ingredients in cosmetics formulations for skin protection. This systematic review reports what has been researched over the past decade on flavonoid and...

Author(s): José Marcos Teixeira de Alencar Filho, Pedrita Alves Sampaio, Emanuella Chiara Valença Pereira, Raimundo Gonçalves de Oliveira Júnior, Fabrício Souza Silva, Jackson Roberto Guedes da Silva Almeida, Larissa Araújo Rolim, Xirley Pereira Nunes, and Edigênia Cavalcante da Cruz Araújo,