Peng Shu1,3,4,* , Jiaxin Mo2,*, Zunjiang Li2 , Mingjie Li3 , Wei Zhu2,5, Zhiyun Du1,4

1 State Key Laboratory Basis of Xinjiang Indigenous Medicinal Plants Resource Utilization, CAS Key Laboratory of Chemistry of Plant Resources in Arid Regions, Xinjiang Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi 830011, Xinjiang, P.R. China

2 The Second Clinical College, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou 510006, Guangdong, P.R. China

3 HBN Research Institute and Biological Laboratory, Shenzhen Hujia Technology Co., Ltd., Shenzhen 518000, Guangdong, P.R. China

4 University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P.R. China

5 Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Clinical Research on Traditional Chinese Medicine Syndrome, Guangzhou 510006, Guangdong, P.R. China *Co-first author

Correspondence to: Wei Zhu, Zhiyun Du; email: zhuwei9201@163.com, https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1165-634X; zhiyundu@gdut.edu.cn

Keywords: retinol, ferulic acid, cooperative photoprotection, skin aging, oxidative stress

Received: September 6, 2023

Accepted: February 20, 2024

Published: April 18, 2024

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