Lignin: a nature-inspired sun blocker for broad-spectrum sunscreens

By Yong Qian, X. Qiu, Shiping Zhu. 2015

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Preparation and characterisation of lignin nanoparticles: evaluation of their potential as antioxidants and UV protectants (2016, background): “[12,13] Further, lignin is known to (1) inhibit UV-radiation-induced mutagenicity in Euglena gracilis and (2) enhance the UV absorbance of several broad-spectrum sunscreens.[14,15] Polymer nanotechnology is efficiently utilised in delivery of drugs, oligonucleotides or RNA interfering effectors.”
Processing and valorization of cellulose, lignin and lignocellulose using ionic liquids (2020, background): “, 2018), UV-resistant sunscreen (Qian et al., 2015), thermoplastic elastomers (Zhang et al.”
Fabrication of uniform lignin colloidal spheres for developing natural broad-spectrum sunscreens with high sun protection factor (2017, background): “Due to its broad-spectrum UV-absorbing and excellent antioxidant properties (Pan et al., 2006; Ban et al., 2007; Sun et al., 2012), we developed lignin as natural macromolecular sun blocker in recent years (Qian et al., 2015).”