SPECTROSCOPIC EVALUATION OF SUNSCREEN POTENTIAL OF LANTANA CAMERA
AbstractLantana camara L., belonging to family Verbenaceae. It is a native to tropical and subtropical regions and sprawls as an array of strains and diverse varieties. Lantana camara is a flowering ornamental, erect, hairy aromatic shrub, it is a most widespread, variable straggling plant with variegated flower characteristics. The plant is sprawled all round India with their ability to accustom in diverse climatic and atmospheric conditions. Different parts of plants have been considered to possess numerous constituents of pharmaceutical importance. Lantana camara predominantly the leaves have been used in the treatment of various human ailments. UV-radiation is perceived as a major cause that vitiate the intuitive nature and function of skin. UV-radiation may cause detrimental effects to the usual characteristics of human skin. UV-filters or sunscreens are the agent that could help to assuage the deleterious effect of UV radiation by absorbing and tempering the harmfulness to a major extent. The present study supports the sun protective efficacy of Lantana camara in concentration dependent manner that could heighten cosmeceutical scope of Lantana camara.
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Abhinay Kumar Dwivedi
Department of Pharmacognosy, Institute of Pharmacy, Madhav University, Abu Road, Pindwara, Rajasthan, India.
abhinavnbri@gmail.com
08 April 2025
20 April 2025
27 April 2025
10.13040/IJPSR.0975-8232.IJP.12(4).330-33
30 April 2025
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