Lemon oil contains furocoumarin derivatives and is known to cause phototoxicity. In this study, lemon oil was fractionated, and its phototoxic activity was measured by means of a biological assay. The substances producing phototoxicity were identified by high-performance liquid chromatography as being oxypeucedanin and bergapten. The phototoxic potency of oxypeucedanin was only one-quarter of that of bergapten. However, the amounts of these two phototoxic compounds present in lemon oils produced in different regions of the world varied by a factor of more than 20 (bergapten, 4–87 ppm; oxypeucedanin, 26–728 ppm), and their ratio was not constant. The two compounds accounted for essentially all of the phototoxic activity of all lemon-oil samples. Among various other citrus-essential oils investigated, lime oil and bitter-orange oil also contained large amounts of oxypeucedanin. Oxypeucedanin was found to elicit photopigmentation on colored-guinea-pig skin without preceding visible erythema.
http://www.springerlink.com/content/t936829v5x774476/

更新日期:2010/09/23 17:01

更新日期:2010/09/25 03:14 尹德瀚／綜合報導
中國時報【尹德瀚／綜合報導】

更新日期:2010/09/16 13:51
（中央社記者顏伶如波特蘭15日專電）因為身邊有人打呵欠，結果自己也被「感染」打呵欠，是許多人都有過的經驗。最新一期「兒童發展期刊」報導，自閉症兒童的特徵之一便是無法隨著別人打呵欠。

一般含鐵豐富的食物包括肝臟(豬, 牛, 雞)、紅色肉類、牡蠣、蝦、葡萄乾、蘋果、葡萄、乾果類、全榖類、深綠蔬菜(如菠菜、淡菜、甘藍)、蛋黃、乳酪、桃、杏及豬腦等。
每天鐵質只要吸收0.5mg~1mg，就可滿足健康男人及停經婦女的需要，

以下皆不適用於孕婦

一、含Finasteride (對於生髮，學理上可能有效)

更新日期:2010/09/12 16:00 生活中心／台北報導
台北縣一名50多歲男子日前自行買清潔劑清洗家中冷氣機，但過程中他只戴棉質手套，且清潔劑沒有稀釋，不慎接觸到皮膚，之後他手指開始出現灼熱、刺痛感，緊急就醫。醫師表示，清潔劑中有氫氟酸的成分，其有「蝕骨酸」之稱，若男子再晚一步就醫，手可能會被腐蝕，甚至殘廢。

更新日期:2010/09/11 17:30 生活中心／台北報導
很多女性朋友喜歡使用添加人蔘的漢方面膜，因為宣稱有除皺、美白的療效；或是添加生薑、何首烏的洗髮精，號稱能幫助長出頭髮，甚至烏黑頭髮。對此，衛生署中醫藥委員會表示，這些宣稱療效的廣告通通要開罰，最高可判10年有期徒刑，併科1000萬元以下罰金。

更新日期:2010/08/31 00:37 生活中心／綜合報導
消滅超級細菌可能要靠青蛙？日前英媒指出，阿拉伯阿布達比大學的一個研究小組利用青蛙皮膚中能夠對抗微生物的物質，研發出100種新型抗生素，其中超級細菌金黃葡萄球菌（MRSA）也能對抗。

Results from a preliminary study suggest that curcuminoids, which are extracted from turmeric, are able to block or decrease the excessive production of extracellular matrix in the dermis that is characteristic of keloid scarring.

Acne has historically been associated with diet – but is there any truth to this myth? The frequent consumption of carbohydrates – the "Western diet" – which means a high glycemic index, may repeatedly expose adolescents to acute hyperinsulinemia. Indeed, the absence of acne in natives from Kitava and Papua New Guinea, and the Ache people of Paraguay, has been attributed to their diet, which is substantially based on a lower glycemic index. However, its prevalence can be increased upon adoption of a Western diet. Therefore, this reinforces the idea of a relationship between acne and diet. In his article, Dr Costa describes how the most influential component in this relationship is sebum, the production of which is increased by hyperinsulinemia. He concludes that “it is possible to envisage that foods rich in fatty acids, mainly those rich in omega-3, as well as a diet based on a low glycemic index, can protect sebaceous glands against mechanisms that lead to clinical acne manifestations.”http://www.dermquest.com/Expert_Opinions/Surgery__Cosmetics/Acne_and_diet_Truth_or_myth_.html

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http://www.synchroline.com/prodotti.asp?ID=317&N=C&P=Lipoacid
http://www.skinmed.co.uk/clinical/access/products/lipoacid.html