Dihydroxyacetone (DHA)

Blau, S

doi:10.1001/archderm.1960.01580040019003

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“…We have chosen DHA at high concentra tions as it induces a rapid, uniform and cosmetically accept able pigmentation [10][11][12][13], Other compounds which induce the formation of melanoids and that could have been used for the purpose of our study include juglone extracted from the common nut and lawsone from henna. The 10% DHA test appears to be reliable because it stains the stratum corncum strongly and deeply.…”

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Dihydroxyacetone Test as a Substitute for the Dansyl Chloride Test

Pierard

Piérard-Franchimont

1993

Dermatology

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The hazards of the dansyl chloride test are not negligible. We introduce the dihydroxyacetone test as a safe substitute. Several advantages are highlighted including easy and reproducible measurements of the modifications in skin color by chromometry in the L* a* b* (luminance, hue, chroma) mode. The color variations in time as well as the fade-out of DHA-induced pigmentation by some cleansing skin care products are revealed ‘in vivo’ as well as ‘ex vivo’ on D-Squame® collections of stratum corneum.

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confidence: 99%

“…This product transforms colorless compounds of the stratum corneum to brown substances, called melanoids, by the Maillard's reaction occurring when some aldols and ketols react with amino acids [10][11][12][13][14] …”

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Dihydroxyacetone Test as a Substitute for the Dansyl Chloride Test

Pierard

Piérard-Franchimont

1993

Dermatology

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“…The experi ment involved a transmission study of monochromatic wavelengths of UV through keratin sheets which had been treated with DHA, naphthoquinone, or both. The results of that study [15] erroneously reinforced old concepts that DHA-treated skin did not have increased resistance to UV light [1,5,6,10].…”

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Protection against Long Ultraviolet and/or Visible Light with Topical Dihydroxyacetone

Fusaro¹,

Johnson²

1975

Dermatology

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Dihydroxyacetone (DHA) chemically induces long ultraviolet (UV) and/or visible photoprotection into the stratum corneum as demonstrated by (a) long UV protection of albino rats which were psoralen-photosensitized to black fluorescent light and (b) sunlight protection of five patients with long UV and/or visible photosensitivity. Previously, DHA treatment of skin was considered to provide no protection against UV. For clinical use, the combination of DHA and lawsone (2-hydroxy-1,4-naphthoquinone) is preferred to DHA alone, because it provides rapid, positive protection over a range extending from short UV into the visible region of sunlight.

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