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(From Japan Corporate News Newswire)
Showa Denko K.K. (TSE: 4004; "SDK") has developed sodium ascorbyl 2-phosphate 6-palmitate, a new type of stabilized vitamin C effective for wrinkle care. SDK will start selling this world's first product in January 2005 as additive to cosmetics under the trade name of Apprecier.
Wrinkles form because collagenase and active oxygen, generated deep in the skin by ultraviolet and other irritants, decompose dermal collagen and elastic fibers, leading to the loss of skin elasticity.
With the spread of an "night owl" type lifestyle and dried living environment due to air conditioning, irritation to the skin is…