Imagine an algal extract that can repair damage done to sunburned skin within 24 hours. Researchers discovered a unique enzyme taken from plankton that does just that.
Floating atop the ocean’s surface, plankton is subjected to extreme levels of ultraviolet rays that are damaging to its DNA. To defend from harmful mutations, it synthesizes a unique enzyme that repairs strands of DNA scientists call dimers—strands of DNA where certain molecules become misaligned. In other words, one of the nucleic acids becomes depolarized whereby and repels a similarly charged guanine nucleotide. When your skin cells’ DNA is exposed to U/V rays, the same thing occurs that over time can lead to accelerated aging symptoms and eventually cancer. (See the before and after chart above)
The DNA on left is like a comet having a ball and a “tail” with strands of DNA that are damaged. The view below shows normal healthy DNA that has been repaired by plankton enzymes
Without getting too technical, plankton enzymes contribute DNA healing ions to the surface of your skin and reverse any damage. But there is a catch. To activate the healing enzymes requires exposure to sunlight. Ironically, it takes sunlight to activate the algae’s enzymes to repair the damage from the sun’s U/V rays!
