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Sytheon Publishes Study with Moffitt Cancer Center Mitigating Melanin’s Link to Melanoma

Synoxyl AZ (Acetyl Zingerone) is effective for use in sunscreens, skincare products and specialized clinical applications.

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By: Lianna Albrizio

Associate Editor

Sytheon, in collaboration with Moffitt Cancer Center, has published a study in the Antioxidants J, entitled “The Role of Acetyl Zingerone and Its Derivatives in Inhibiting UV-Induced, Incident, and Delayed Cyclobutane Pyrimidine Dimers.”     Melanin has long been recognized as a skin protectant, but recent research has uncovered a dark side where melanin actively participates in ongoing generation of cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers (CPDs) in the dark after UV exposure ends via a novel path...

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