Abstract
The daily exposure of the skin to ultraviolet radiation can cause direct damage to DNA and cause the proliferation of reactive oxygen species (ROS), which leads to an imbalance between free radicals and antioxidant enzymes in the epidermis, such as superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT) and glutathione peroxidase (GPx). This imbalance leads to a state of oxidative stress and consequen…