We investigated the photomutagenicity of maltol (3-hydroxy-2-methyl-4H-pyran-4-one) in bacterial cells. Maltol has a caramel-butterscotch odour and is used as a food additive to impart flavour to bread and cakes. Unirradiated maltol was not mutagenic up to 5 mg/plate in the Ames test. When maltol was irradiated with either UVA (a black light, 320-400 nm, 230 microW/cm(2)) for 5-30 min or UVC (a...

Organisms living on the earth are exposed to solar radiation, including its ultraviolet (UV) components (for general reviews, the reader is referred to Smith [1] and Young et al. [2]). UV wavelength regions present in sunlight are frequently designated as UVB (290-320 nm) and UVA (320-400 rim). In today’s solar spectrum, UVA is the principal UV component, with UVB present at much lower levels. ...

Adult skin stem cells are considered an attractive cell resource for therapeutic potential in aged skin. We previously reported that multipotent human dermal stem/progenitor cells (hDSPCs) can be enriched from (normal human dermal fibroblasts (NHDFs) using collagen type IV. However, the beneficial effects of hDSPCs on aged skin remain to be elucidated. In the present study, we analyzed the grow...

• Enhanced bacteria inactivation at low water temperature by UVA- and solar-based AOPs. Mechanism of suggested. Preliminary cost estimation AOPs was performed. Carbon footprint in Spain Finland compared. In this work the effect (6 ± 1 °C 22 °C) on (10 4 –10 6 CFU mL ?1 ; Pseudomonas spp. , Aeromonas spp . Enterobacter spp.) simulated aquaculture streams (SAS) using UVA based advanced oxidation ...

OBJECTIVE Treatment of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) often implies strong drugs with possibly serious side effects. Thus there is a need for new immunosuppressive treatments. Long wave ultraviolet A (UVA-1) cold light therapy is an anti-inflammatory, immunomodulatory treatment with a possible systemic effect and few side effects. In the current study low dose UVA-1 cold light...

The aim of the present study was to determine if human amnion‑derived mesenchymal stem cells (HAMSCs) exert a protective effect on ultraviolet A (UVA) irradiation-induced human dermal fibroblast (HDF) senescence. A senescence model was constructed as follows: HDFs (104‑106 cells/well) were cultured in a six‑well plate in vitro and then exposed to UVA irradiation at 9 J/cm2 for 30 min. Following...

Solar UVB is carcinogenic. Nucleotide excision repair (NER) counteracts the carcinogenicity of UVB by excising potentially mutagenic UVB-induced DNA lesions. Despite this capacity for DNA repair, non-melanoma skin cancers and apparently normal sun-exposed skin contain huge numbers of mutations that are mostly attributable to unrepaired UVB-induced DNA lesions. UVA is about 20-times more abundan...

Radiochromic film is tested for its broad-band response to ultraviolet (UV) B (290-320 nm) and A (320 nm400 nm), visible and infrared radiation produced by a solar simulator and examined for dosimetry in ultraviolet radiation. Results show that MD-55-2 radiochromic film in solar and fluorescent light sources responds almost exclusively to broad-band UVA radiation with negligible colouration fro...

To clarify the mechanism of long-term repetitive UVA irradiation in photoaging of the skin, we evaluated albino hairless (SKH: HR1) mice by the irradiation with UVA (300-420nm) for 12months. The output of irradiated UVA was 30J/cm2/day. Skin samples were taken from each group and examined at 0, 4, 8 and 12months. Morphologically, the structural changes of elastic fibers were observed in the der...