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- Title
Oral Polypodium leucomotos increases the anti-inflammatory and melanogenic responses of the skin to different modalities of sun exposures: a pilot study.
- Authors
Calzavara‐Pinton, Pier Giacomo; Rossi, Maria Teresa; Zanca, Arianna; Arisi, Mariachiara; Gonzalez, Salvador; Venturini, Marina
- Abstract
Background The effects on the inflammatory and tanning responses of sunlight/UVR of several oral antioxidants are still unknown. Objective Assess intensity, time course of the inflammatory, and tanning responses to increasing dosages of solar-simulated radiation (SSR) at baseline and after oral supplementation of an extract of Polypodium leucotomos (PLE). Methods Ten healthy subjects underwent phototesting with SSR with a visual and spectrophotometrical assessment of the responses with or without daily oral supplementation of two tablets containing 240 mg of PLE for a total of 15 days. Results Polypodium leucotomos supplementation induced a significant increase of the minimal erythema dose (MED), a faster recovery of the inflammation following the delivery of super-erythemal doses, and no significant changes of the minimal melanogenic dose (MMD). Spectrophotometric assessment of the Da* in test areas exposed to equally doses of SSR did not show differences. Conclusions Polypodium leucotomos supplementation increased the MED and induced a faster recovery of the inflammation and a stronger tanning response with no changes in the melanogenic threshold.
- Subjects
SUNTAN; ULTRAVIOLET radiation; ANTIOXIDANTS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; ERYTHEMA; DRUG dosage
- Publication
Photodermatology, Photoimmunology & Photomedicine, 2016, Vol 32, Issue 1, p22
- ISSN
0905-4383
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/phpp.12209