RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 A ‘Suntan’ in capsules - orobronze
JF Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin
JO Drug Ther Bull
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP 57
OP 57
DO 10.1136/dtb.21.15.57
VO 21
IS 15
YR 1983
UL http://dtb.bmj.com/content/21/15/57.abstract
AB To some people a suntan is an indicator of healthy activity and social prowess. Canthaxanthin is a naturally occurring orange carotenoid without vitamin A properties made by Hoffmann-La Roche and used, for example, as a food additive to improve the colour of farmed salmon. It is now also available over the counter as 30 mg oral capsules (Orobronze - De Witt) for people to dye themselves an orange-brown colour. The DHSS has not issued a product licence for Orobronze because it is ‘not a medicinal product’.