Scientific Topics

Oral Extract Prevents UV-Induced DNA Skin Damage

Skin cancer accounts for 40% of all human malignancies.1

Over 90% of non-melanoma skin cancers are caused by ultraviolet (UV) radiation exposure.2

UV causes skin cancer by damaging cell DNA, inhibiting DNA repair, and impeding the removal of aged cells that cannot be repaired.3-5

Scientists have identified a plant extract that—taken orally prior to sun exposure—inhibits UV-triggered DNA damage.6,7


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