July 6, 2022 CFSI Staff

New study finds Pacific hake fish skin could prevent human wrinkles

A recent study conducted by Oregon State University, funded by Pacific Seafood, found that gelatin in the skin of Pacific hake (also known as whiting) can prevent skin-wrinkling.

The study, published in Marine Drugs, found Pacific whiting skin “reactivated to a certain level the collagen synthesis pathway that had been suppressed by UV radiation, prevented activation to a certain level of the collagen degradation pathway that had been accelerated by UV radiation, [and] promoted additional antioxidant activity.”

Antioxidants are substances that can prevent or slow damage to cells and promote additional anti-inflammatory effects…

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