Vitamin C as a skin preserver. (Duke University Medical Center research)

From: Nutrition Health Review | Date: March 22, 1991 | Copyright information

Vitamin C As a Skin Preserver

The prospect of using a cream containing vitamin C against sunburn and as an anti-cancer bulwark is inching closer to reality.

Researchers have completed a product containing high concentrations of vitamin C for which a patent is being applied.

Among topical vitamin C's surprising properties, the inventors attest, are its protective qualities and the anti-inflammatory effects. Once applied to the skin, they say, it can't ...

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