Humans are a colourful species of primate, with human skin, hair and eye coloration having
been influenced by a great variety of evolutionary forces throughout prehistory. Functionally …

Folates play a key role in human one‐carbon metabolism and are provided by food. It is well
established that folates are beneficial in the prevention of neural tube defects and …

Human skin pigmentation is the product of two clines produced by natural selection to adjust
levels of constitutive pigmentation to levels of UV radiation (UVR). One cline was generated …

Living Color is the first book to investigate the social history of skin color from prehistory to
the present, showing how our body's most visible trait influences our social interactions in …

The term barrier function as applied to human skin often connotes the physical properties of
this organ that provides protection from its surrounding environment. This term does not …

The Sun has played a major role in the development of life on Earth. In Western culture,
people are warned against Sun exposure because of its adverse effects: erythema …

Keywords: 25 (OH) D; 25-hydroxycholecalciferol, or 25-hydroxyvitamin D, or serum vitamin
D; 5-MTFH; 5-methyltetrahydrofolate; 7-DHC; 7-dehydrocholesterol; ASIP; Barrier function; …

In this research, the photocatalytic degradation performance in a commercial low-density
polyethylene (LDPE) film was investigated in the presence of zinc oxide (ZnO) nanoparticles …

Folates, ascorbic acid (vitamin C) and lutein (antioxidant carotenoid) concentrations were
determined after cooking (boiling and steaming) fresh, frozen and canned green beans …

The incomplete absorption of dietary folate makes it crucial to understand how food matrices
affect folate bioaccessibility. Bioavailability encompasses bioaccessibility, which depicts the …