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Sunlight reduces the Vitamin A content in the skin

On this page we look at how Vitamin A is reduced in the skin when exposed to sunlight. The tests were done on human skin, and the results from various studies, as listed below, have the same conclusion.

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sunlight reduce vitamin a in skin

Photodegradation of Vitamin A Alcohol and Vitamin A Palmitate sunlight reduce vitamin a in skin

  • A solution of 0.5 - 1 µg/ml in hexane irradiated by summer sunlight at noon (32° C) REF 101

Sunlight-induced photodegradation of retinyl esters and retinol in human skin, blood and cultured keratinocytes was investigated. Using high-performance liquid chromatography with an extraction method that avoided saponification, the analysis of human foreskin (Caucasian) showed that levels of retinyl esters and retinol were approximately 3.5 and 5.0 times higher, respectively, in the epidermis than in the dermis. Upon irradiation by sunlight, a significant reduction in epidermal retinyl esters was observed in both summer and winter.

However, epidermal retinol, dermal retinol and dermal retinyl esters did not show statistically significant reductions. When serum from volunteers who had taken a large dose of retinyl palmitate to elevate serum retinyl esters was exposed to sunlight, the retinyl esters in the serum rapidly disappeared after 10 min of exposure--similar to the photodegradation seen for retinyl palmitate in an organic solvent.

While retinol in an organic solvent rapidly photodegraded similar to serum retinyl palmitate, serum retinol slowly declined upon sunlight irradiation. When cultured keratinocytes that took-up 3H-retinol and thereafter contained 3H-retinyl esters and 3H-retinol were exposed to sunlight, 80% of the 3H-retinyl esters disappeared upon sunlight irradiation whereas only about 20% of the 3H-retinol did so.

These results suggest that the epidermis, serum and keratinocytes selectively protect retinol from sunlight-induced photodegradation. It is most likely that serum retinol-binding protein and cellular retinol-binding protein protect retinol, a vital epithelial growth factor, from photodegradation.

reduction of vitamin a in human skin

Decomposition of Vitamin A in Keratinocytes by Sunlight

  • Culture fluid with 3H-Retinol with exposure to summer sunlight at 32° C for 30 minutes. REF 101

reduction of vitamin a in human skin

The influence of Sunlight on Vitamin A Content of the Epidermis sunlight reduce vitamin a in skin

  • Human skin was exposed in vitro to sunlight for a four hour period. REF 101

reduction of vitamin a in human skin

reduction of vitamin a in human skin

UV Irradiation Decreases the Vitamin A Level of Human Blood sunlight reduce vitamin a in skin

  • Eleven fair skinned subjects were fully exposed from 1 to 2 p.m. in Johannesburg, South Africa. REF 102
Subject Vitamin A: IU/100 ml blood
Before insolation After insolation 2.5 hours after insolation
F 133.9 76.5 52.2
F 86.9 6.9 0
M 40 15.6 36.5
F 40 20.8 26.1
F 22.6 41.7 53.9
M 45.2 41.7 38.2
M 97.3 100.9 97.3
F 95.6 53.9 43.5
F 13.9 19.1 13.9
F 106 86.9 48.7
F 22.6 6.9 0

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