Inventors:
Huachen Wei - Forest Hills NY
Assignee:
Mount Sinai School of Medicine of the City University of New York - New York NY
International Classification:
A61K 3135
Abstract:
A method of inhibiting the harmful effect of UVR exposure to the human skin comprising topically applying a therapeutically effective amount of genistein to the skin at a time sufficiently close to the time of UVR exposure to inhibit UVR-induced damage to the skin. The genistein appears to act as a chemo preventative agent since it has no appreciable sun blocking effect. The genistein may be mixed with a variety of carriers and skin treatment compositions.