Sunburn? Just Rub in Some Raspberry Jelly

Daily Mail

07-18-07

RASPBERRIES could help to combat some of the harmful effects of sunburn.

As well as easing inflammation associated with overexposure to the sun, research shows that black raspberries, a variety of the common raspberry, may significantly slow the growth of skin cancers that have been linked to ultraviolet B (UVB) radiation, the light that is most dangerous to health. UVB radiation inflames the skin, resulting in sunburn, and is thought to cause most non-melanoma skin cancers.

In laboratory research at Ohio State University, doctors used an extract of black raspberries made into a rub-on jelly applied to the skin to test its protective effect. The fruit contains anthacyanins, powerful antioxidants that give black raspberries their rich, dark colour.

Results of the research on animals exposed to UVB shows that levels of compounds associated with skin damage rose 500 per cent on untreated skin, but only 37 per cent on skin treated with the gel. The gel also significantly reduced the size and number of tumours.

'In our experiments, the black raspberry treatment significantly reduced inflammatory damage and reduced tumour growth and spread.

In terms of shutting down the inflammatory response, we've never seen anything like it,' says Dr Anne Van Buskirk, professor of surgery at Ohio State's College of Medicine in America.

'It could mean that, one day, we may be seeing a gel that could be used after you get sunburned one that not only eases pain but also lessens any sun damage you might have already suffered.'

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