This highly illustrated book brings together many concepts related to skin care and antioxidant usage in one convenient text. The second edition now contains the latest antioxidants being marketed, and an analysis of risks and benefits associated.

Table of Contents
Preface

Acknowledgments

1. Structure and function of skin

2. Free radicals in biology

3. The skin's endogenous antioxidant network

4. Effects of solar radiation, air pollution, and artificial blue light on the skin

5. Lipid peroxidation and its measurement

6. Antioxidant assays

7. Electron spin resonance of skin

8. Treatment of skin with antioxidants

9. Antioxidant properties and application information

Appendix 1: Glossary of terms

Appendix 2: Biologically important molecules and mechanisms

Appendix 3: Cellular signaling in skin

Appendix 4: Thermodynamic and kinetic factors that contribute to antioxidant behavior

Index