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We aimed to examine oral GTC cutaneous uptake, ability to protect human skin against erythema induced by a UVR dose range and impact on potent cyclo-oxygenase- and lipoxygenase-produced mediators of UVR inflammation, PGE<jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub> and 12-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid (12-HETE), respectively. In an open oral intervention study, sixteen healthy human subjects (phototype I\/II) were given low-dose GTC (540\u00a0mg) with vitamin C (50\u00a0mg) daily for 12 weeks. Pre- and post-supplementation, the buttock skin was exposed to UVR and the resultant erythema quantified. Skin blister fluid and biopsies were taken from the unexposed and the UVR-exposed skin 24\u00a0h after a pro-inflammatory UVR challenge (three minimal erythema doses). Urine, skin tissue and fluid were analysed for catechin content and skin fluid for PGE<jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub> and 12-HETE by liquid chromatography coupled to tandem MS. A total of fourteen completing subjects were supplement compliant (twelve female, median 42\u00b75 years, range 29\u201359 years). Benzoic acid levels were increased in skin fluid post-supplementation (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>=\u00a00\u00b703), and methylated gallic acid and several intact catechins and hydroxyphenyl-valerolactones were detected in the skin tissue and fluid. AUC analysis for UVR erythema revealed reduced response post-GTC (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>=\u00a00\u00b7037). Pre-supplementation, PGE<jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub> and 12-HETE were UVR induced (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>=\u00a00\u00b7003, 0\u00b70001). After GTC, UVR-induced 12-HETE reduced from mean 64 (<jats:sc>sd<\/jats:sc> 42) to 41 (<jats:sc>sd<\/jats:sc> 32)\u00a0pg\/\u03bcl (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>=\u00a00\u00b701), while PGE<jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub> was unaltered. 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