Mystery of natural sunscreen solved
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Yuandi Li, RSC
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02-25-11 06:51 AM
Copyright 2011, RSC
Spanish scientists have established how natural products protect plants from sun damage. The compounds could be used as active ingredients in sunscreens.
Using computational techniques on palythine - a compound found in coral - as a model compound, Diego Sampedro at the University of La Rioja, Logroño, investigated what happens to the molecule after it absorbs UV light. More...
http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/News/2011/February/25021103.asp
