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Abstract Title:

French Maritime Pine Bark Extract (Pycnogenol®) Effects on Human Skin: Clinical and Molecular Evidence.

Abstract Source:

Skin Pharmacol Physiol. 2016 ;29(1):13-7. Epub 2015 Oct 23. PMID: 26492562

Abstract Author(s):

Susanne Grether-Beck, Alessandra Marini, Thomas Jaenicke, Jean Krutmann

Article Affiliation:

Susanne Grether-Beck

Abstract:

Nutritional strategies to benefit skin health are of growing importance. Current approaches mainly involve nutritional supplements containing antioxidants which were initially designed to protect human skin against ultraviolet radiation-induced damage. Within recent years, however, a growing number of studies suggests that the beneficial effects of these products clearly extend beyond photoprotection. In this review we take the nutritional supplement Pycnogenol®, which is based on an extract prepared from French marine pine bark extract, as an example to illustrate this development. Accordingly, the existing data provide compelling evidence that Pycnogenol® intake does not only provide photoprotection, but may be used to (i) reduce hyperpigmentation ofhuman skin and (ii) improve skin barrier function and extracellular matrix homeostasis.

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