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EVIDENCE FOR THE PHOTOPROTECTIVE EFFECTS OF VITAMIN E
Author(s) -
Fryer Michael J.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
photochemistry and photobiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.818
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1751-1097
pISSN - 0031-8655
DOI - 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1993.tb09566.x
Subject(s) - photoaging , antioxidant , membrane , chemistry , vitamin e , tocopherol , cell damage , biophysics , microbiology and biotechnology , biochemistry , biology , medicine , dermatology
— The antioxidant vitamin E (α‐tocopherol) may protect both animal and plant cell membranes from light‐induced damage. The various biochemical and biophysical modes of protection are considered. An examination is made of the evidence that vitamin E plays an important prophylactic role against a number of serious light‐induced diseases and conditions of the eye (cataractogenesis and retinal photodeterioration) and skin (erythrocyte photohem‐olysis, photoerythema, photoaging and photocarcinogenesis) that are mediated by photooxidative damage to cell membranes.