Serine conjugates of chlorophyll and bacteriochlorophyll: Photocytotoxicity in vitro and tissue distribution in mice bearing melanoma tumors

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 174-181

  Rosenbach Belkin, V ^a,b   Chen, L ^a   Fiedor, L ^b   Tregub, I ^b   Pavlotsky, F ^c   Brumfeld, V ^c   Salomon, Y ^a,b   Scherz, A ^a  

^a Department of Biochemistry ^*  (Israel)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^c SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0030198680     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1996.tb02439.x     Document Type: Article

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