CANADIAN RESEARCHER DEVELOPS ORAL SUNSCREEN.* CANADA: A molecular biologist in Alberta has a patent pending for Inner Shade, a sunscreen sunscreen /sun·screen/ (-skren) a substance applied to the skin to protect it from the effects of the sun's rays. sun·screen n. pill which contains folic acid folic acid: see coenzyme; vitamin. folic acid or folate Organic compound essential to animal growth and health and needed by bacteria as a growth factor. , niacinamide and vitamin B vitamin B n. 1. Vitamin B complex. 2. A member of the vitamin B complex, especially thiamine. vitamin B, vitamin B complex a group of water-soluble substances described separately. 12. Dr. Barry Barclay said he developed the pill after discovering that a daily supplement of 2-5mg. of folic acid enabled him to be in direct sunlight for up to five hours without burning. He did not provide data on the pill's effect on damage caused by UVA. During the next year, he began testing folic acid in combination with other B complex vitamins B complex vitamin Nutrition The water-soluble B vitamins: B1–thiamin, B2—riboflavin, B3-niacin, B6-pyridoxine, B12-cobalamin, and folate . According to Dr. Barclay, the pill works best for adults if taken the night before sun exposure and then again in the morning. Inner Shade is available in the U.S. as a nutritional supplement; therefore it does not have to be approved by the Food and Drug Administration. The product has been approved for use by Health Canada, according to reports. |
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