Blue-Violet Light Irradiation Dose Dependently Decreases Carotenoids in Human Skin, Which Indicates the Generation of Free Radicals

<table class="table-group" id="tab1"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td align="left">Parameters</td><td align="center">Mean (range)</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">Number of volunteers</td><td align="center">9</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Age</td><td align="center">39.8 (26–63)</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Gender</td><td align="center">7 females, 2 males</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Skin type according to Fitzpatrick</td><td align="center">Type II: 8, type III: 1</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Smoker/nonsmoker</td><td align="center">2/7</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Vegetarian/nonvegetarian</td><td align="center">1/8</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="2"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity

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Table 1: Blue-Violet Light Irradiation Dose Dependently Decreases Carotenoids in Human Skin, Which Indicates the Generation of Free Radicals 