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Ep 163: Actives, Antioxidants, and the Truth About Topicals

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The Role of Vitamin C and E in the Absorption of UV Light

Vitamin C and E, they actually absorb wavelengths as well. A lot of antioxidants aren't even working on the oxygen free radical. Sometimes what they're doing is they are working almost like sunscreen. They're absorbing UV light. And that's why I said that it'll be really interesting as I embark on this work for the next decade of isolating and characterizing plant actives.

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