A pendant peptide endows a sunscreen with water-resistance

Aubrey J. Ellison, Ronald T. Raines
2018 Organic and biomolecular chemistry  
Ultraviolet light causes skin cancer. Salicylic acid and other molecular filters absorb damaging radiation but are washed away readily. Conjugation to a collagen mimetic peptide is shown to retain salicylic...
doi:10.1039/c8ob01773e fatcat:uda6zd4kujfpzg74fhgzfd4f3e