Retinyl Palmitate -What is it?How it can help you?

>Retinyl Palmitate is a form of Vitamin A found in animal products and can be converted into its stored form by the intestines. The stored form is Retinol. Retinol is alcohol-based, a very important feature that makes it easy to penetrate fats and oils.

Retinol is easily converted to other forms of Vitamin A. Retinol can be converted to retinal which is essential for your vision. Retinol can also be converted to retinoic acid. Retinoic acid is essential for skin health, bone formation and teeth growth.

Chemically, retinol is delivered to your body by hydrolyzing retinyl esters.  Retinal is derived from Carotenoids and can be reduced to obtain retinol or it can be oxidized to obtain retinoic acid.

Pharmaceutically, Retinyl palmitate is the ester of retinol and palmitic acid. Retinyl acetate is the natural compound found in Vitamin A which synthetic Retinyl palmitate is an alternative.

It is found in Vitamin A supplements and is available in both oily and dry form. It is also commonly available in both as an injection and oral remedy. It is prescribed as a Vitamin A deficiency treatment medication. Common brands of Retinyl palmitate include Aquasol A, Palmitate A and a spectrum of other brands. is also commonly used in the dairy industry where it is added into low fat milk as a replacement of the lost vitamin content as a result of skimming milk. When milk gets skimmed it means that the cream, which is rich in retinoic acids, an important ingredient for Vitamin A is removed.

Another common and extremely popular application is in the cosmetic industry. It easily penetrates the skin. Once it penetrates the skin and gets absorbed, it is converted to retinol which breaks down metabolically into retinoic acid.

Retinol helps to deal with skin wrinkling. Skin wrinkles are as a result of your skin losing elasticity. This can be remedied by taking a balanced diet adequate in Vitamin A and rich in proteins. However, in certain circumstances such as ageing and acute diet deficiency, you may need to use creams such as retinol wrinkle creams as external remedy. Scientists from Michigan University have reported that Vitamin A creams, mainly retinol wrinkle creams not only make the skin appear youthful but also boosts levels of bodily skin repair chemicals. Retinol wrinkling cream facilitates increased production of glycosaminoglycan and procollagen. The former is responsible for skin moisturization while the latter is responsible for the building blocks of the skin structure.