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Sunscreening Agents

Known as: Agents, Sunscreening, Sunscreen, Sunblock 
A substance that helps protect the skin from the sun's harmful rays. Sunscreens reflect, absorb, and scatter both ultraviolet A and B radiation to… 
National Institutes of Health

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BISOCTRIZOLELawsoneOctinoxateZinc Oxide
Sun protection factorSunburnaspects of radiation effectschemical synthesis

Broader (1)

photoprotective agent

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Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
TiO2 in commercial sunscreen lotion: flow field-flow fractionation and ICP-AES together for size analysis.
A new method for determining the size of titanium dioxide particles is proposed and assayed in a commercial sunscreen product… 
Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Mycosporine-Like Amino Acids Extracted from Scallop (Patinopecten yessoensis) Ovaries: UV Protection and Growth Stimulation Activities on Human Cells
Scallops (Patinopecten yessoensis) are extensively cultured and landed in Japan. During the processing of scallops, large amounts… 
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Isoflavonoid Compounds from Red Clover (Trifolium pratense) Protect from Inflammation and Immune Suppression Induced by UV Radiation¶
Abstract Isoflavones derived from many edible plants have been reported to possess significant antioxidant, estrogenic and… 
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Determination of the UV filters worldwide authorised in sunscreens by high-performance liquid chromatography. Use of cyclodextrins as mobile phase modifier.
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Analytical methodologies for atomic spectrometric determination of metallic oxides in UV sunscreen creams.
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Analysis of the protective effect of different sunscreens on ultraviolet radiation-induced local and systemic suppression of contact hypersensitivity and inflammatory responses in mice.
We investigated the capacity of three sunscreen compounds to protect mice from the inflammatory and immunosuppressive effects of… 
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
New broad-spectrum sunscreen for polymorphic light eruption
Review
1987
Review
1987
Sensitivity to sunscreens
The patients sensitized to sunscreen agents who attended our Contact Dermatitis Clinic between February 1985 to March 1987 have… 
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Analysis of the effect of a sunscreen agent on the suppression of natural killer cell activity induced in human subjects by radiation from solarium lamps.
Previous studies in rodents have shown that ultraviolet radiation (UVR) may have direct effects on the immune system in the skin… 
Highly Cited
1963
Highly Cited
1963
CONTACT PHOTODERMATITIS FROM BITHIONOL.
Patients with contact photodermatitis from bithionol fall into two groups: (a) Transient contact reactors with normal MED. * (b… 
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