Photoprotection
Artificial melanin
The cosmetic industry claims that the UV filter acts as an "artificial melanin". But those artificial substances used in sunscreens do not efficiently dissipate the energy of the UV photon as heat.

Photoprotection

Section Title: Artificial melanin
Table Section Text: The cosmetic industry claims that the UV filter acts as an "artificial melanin". But those artificial substances used in sunscreens do not efficiently dissipate the energy of the UV photon as heat.

UV-absorber	other names	percentage of molecules that dissipate the photon energy (quantum yield: Φ )	molecules not dissipating the energy quickly

DNA	> 99.9%	< 0.1%

natural melanin	> 99.9%	< 0.1%

2-phenylbenzimidazole-5-sulfonic acid	PBSA, Eusolex 232, Parsol HS,

2-ethylhexyl 4-dimethylaminobenzoate	Padimate-O, oxtyldimethyl PABA, OD-PABA	0.1 = 10%	90%

4-Methylbenzylidene camphor	(4-MBC), (MBC), Parsol 5000, Eusolex 6300	0.3 = 30%	70%

4-tert-butyl-4-methoxydibenzoyl-methane	(BM-DBM), Avobenzone, Parsol 1789, Eusolex 9020

Menthyl Anthranilate	(MA), Menthyl-2-aminobenzoate, meradimate	0.6 = 60%	40%

Ethylhexyl methoxycinnamate	(2-EHMC), (EHMC), EMC, Octyl methoxycinnamate, OMC, Eusolex 2292, Parsol	0.81 = 81%	19%

Sentence(s)

Melanin is a photoprotective substance that dissipates more than 99.9% of the absorbed UV radiation as heat.

final_sentence: Melanin is a photoprotective substance that dissipates more than 99.9% of the absorbed UV radiation as heat.