Meso-substituted cationic porphyrins as efficient photosensitizers of gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 153-157

  Merchat, Michèle ^a,b   Bertolini, Giulio ^b   Giacomini, Paolo ^a   Villanueva, Angeles ^c   Jori, Giulio ^b  

^a L ORÉAL RECHERCHE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Gram negative bacteria; Gram positive bacteria; Meso substituted cationic porphyrin; Photosensitizer

Indexed keywords

MESOPORPHYRIN; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENT;

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSENSITIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOPLAST; SPHEROPLAST; VIBRIO;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; LISTONELLA ANGUILLARUM; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; VIBRIO;

EID: 0029919879     PISSN: 10111344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1011-1344(95)07147-4     Document Type: Article

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