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Purple sweet potato and skin
Antioxidant including anthocyanin is enriched in purple sweet potato. The anthocyanin is able to prevent the skin damage for UV -induced free radicals. Also it can increase the detoxifying enzymeswhich help the depletion of skin cancer risk(Wang & Stoner, 2008).
Anthocyanin is found in the purple sweet potato. Recent study associated with UVB -induced skin damage has been reported that anthocyanin extracted from purple sweet potato can reduce the water loss, collagen degradation and wrinkle formation. The anthocyanin might help the skin to be healthy (Zhi et al., 2020).
Wang, L. S., & Stoner, G. D. (2008). Anthocyanins and their role in cancer prevention. Cancer Lett, 269(2), 281-290. doi:10.1016/j.canlet.2008.05.020
Zhi, Q., Lei, L., Li, F., Zhao, J., Yin, R., & Ming, J. (2020). The anthocyanin extracts from purple-fleshed sweet potato exhibited anti-photoaging effects on ultraviolent B-irradiated BALB/c-nu mouse skin. Journal of Functional Foods, 64, 103640. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jff.2019.103640
