Rational Design and Synthesis of Efficient Sunscreens To Boost the Solar Protection Factor
Skin cancer incidence has been increasing in the last decades, but most of the commercial formulations used as sunscreens are designed to protect only against solar erythema. Many of the active components present in sunscreens show critical weaknesses, such as low stability and toxicity. Thus, the d...
| Authors: | , , , , , , |
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| Format: | article |
| Status: | Versión aceptada para publicación |
| Publication Date: | 2017 |
| Country: | España |
| Institution: | Universidad de La Rioja (UR) |
| Repository: | RIUR. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de La Rioja |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:portal.dialnet.es:doc/5bbc693fb750603269e817d2 |
| Online Access: | https://investigacion.unirioja.es/documentos/5bbc693fb750603269e817d2 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | ab initio calculations chromophores photoprotection sunscreens |
| Summary: | Skin cancer incidence has been increasing in the last decades, but most of the commercial formulations used as sunscreens are designed to protect only against solar erythema. Many of the active components present in sunscreens show critical weaknesses, such as low stability and toxicity. Thus, the development of more efficient components is an urgent health necessity and an attractive industrial target. We have rationally designed core moieties with increased photoprotective capacities and a new energy dissipation mechanism. Using these scaffolds, we have synthesized a series of compounds with tunable properties suitable for their use in sunscreens, and enhanced properties in terms of stability, light energy dissipation, and toxicity. Moreover, some representative compounds were included in final sunscreen formulations and a relevant solar protection factor boost was measured. © 2017 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim |
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