Retinol

Have you ever dealt with dry, itchy eyes? They may sting, or feel gritty or overly sensitive. This is a common condition that affects as many as one in three people. Also known as keratitis sicca or xerophthalmia, dry eyes can result when tear fluid is produced too slowly or evaporates too quickly. While it’s common to ease discomfort in the obvious way — by adding more fluid to the eyes in the form of eye drops — it’s important to investigate what’s behind this seemingly simple, yet…

For instance, the yellow, gooey yolks contain a lot of Vitamin A or retinols, which not only rid the skin of cellular debris but also boost the skin regeneration rate. Cholesterol and essential fatty acids also form a part of the nutritional profile of egg yolks. The jury is still out on just how bad cholesterol is for your…

A healthy lifestyle and a good skin care regimen are important to keep you looking fabulous and slow down the signs of ageing. You certainly do not need to purchase the most innovative and expensive skin care products to improve the appearance of your skin. The important thing is to know your skin type and its needs and then finding the right skin care products. Once you have found the right skin care products, you need to create a personal skin care regime that can help you get the benefits of…

Vitamins are the organic compounds required to carry out a living body’s metabolism and their absence can clump several metabolic reactions in the body. These essential nutrients cannot be synthesized in the body therefore must be taken from an outside food source i.e. plants, fruits, vegetables or animals. Basically there are two types of vitamins in nature; some are water soluble and others are the fat soluble ones. Water soluble vitamins are those which are soluble only in water and are B…

Vitamins and minerals are both essential nutrients that are needed by the body. Different from the macronutrients, they are said to be micronutrients by meaning that they are needed only in small amounts. Nevertheless, we should not forget about their essentiality and their importance in our daily diet1. There are two types of vitamins, fat-soluble and water-soluble. Fat-soluble vitamins include vitamin A, vitamin D, vitamin E and vitamin K. They are found in fatty foods and animal products like…

HL-60 cells were derived from the blood cell of a patient with acute promyelocytic leukemia, which proliferates continuously. They are immortal cells, until they induce differentiation using chemical reagents such as retinoic acid. After differentiation, they are no longer immortal. Retinoic acid is derived from Vitamin A, and can induce granulocytes. We are going to test whether exposure of longer time to retinoic acid will induce greater percent of granulocytic differentiation. To test…

Vitamin and mineral deficiency is the source of the most massive ‘hidden hunger’ and malnutrition in the world today. Hidden hunger is a form of undernutrition that occurs when intake and absorption of vitamins and minerals (such as zinc, iodine, and iron) are too low to sustain good health and development. More than 2 billion people worldwide suffer from hidden hunger, more than double the 805 million people who do not have enough calories to eat (FAO, IFAD, and WFP 2014). Poor diet is a common…

The text also highlights the product with accelerated retinol SA. With or without the image in the advertisement, the message is clear enough to show that Neutrogena has produced a product that is beneficial and worktable on wrinkle. Neutrogena advertisement also promises that their product can alleviate wrinkles…

Introduction One of the main reasons why the oral cavity plays a major role in early detection of disease/malignancy is the fact that the mucous membrane cells have a rapid turnover which is 3-7 days while that of the skin is around 28 days. This signifies to the early manifestations which can be detected by the dental practitioner, and thus probably might save the patient's life, or at least direct him towards proper treatment. Firstly, it is of significance to define three main terms as stated…

deficiency (VAD) (Johnson 1).The reason being, the foods that contain good sources of Vitamin A do not grow well in the soil and climate that many developing countries provide. Currently, there is a project working on inserting carotene, which creates retinol, or Vitamin A, into bananas, which are widely grown throughout Africa. By providing bananas rich in Vitamin A, there would be a huge reduction in Vitamin A deficiency throughout children (Johnson 1). While genetically modified organisms…