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Aims: The purpose of this study was to investigate the action of Citrus limonum essential oil to control free radical-induced lipid peroxidation and preventing tissue damage in skin.Place and Duration of Study: Department of Internal Medicine (University of Roma "Tor Vergata) and A.R.P.A (Aging Research, Prevention and Therapy Association, www.anti-aging.it),between January 2010 and June 2011.Methodology: The essential oil was subjected to GC-MS analysis.The superoxide anion scavenging activity of essential oil was evaluated by the enzymatic hypoxanthine/xanthine oxidase system.The same oil diluted in DMSO or grape-seed oil was spread on the face of human volunteers after UV exposition.A sample of skin lipids was collected and the presence of peroxyl radicals was detected based on the measurement of light emitted (chemiluminescence) when the excited carbonyl and singlet oxygen decay to ground state.
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