Issue 4, 2014

Evaluating the effects of nacre on human skin and scar cells in culture

Abstract

Pearl nacre, a biomineralisation product of molluscs, has growing applications in cosmetics, as well as dental and bone restoration, yet a systematic evaluation of its biosafety is lacking. Here, we assessed the biocompatibility of nacre with two human primary dermal fibroblast cell cultures and an immortalised epidermal cell line and found no adverse effects.

Graphical abstract: Evaluating the effects of nacre on human skin and scar cells in culture

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
06 Jan 2014
Accepted
02 May 2014
First published
02 May 2014
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

Toxicol. Res., 2014,3, 223-227

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