Natural products derived from plants as potential drugs for the photodynamic destruction of tumor cells

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 95-97

  Ebermann, R ^a   Alth, G ^b   Kreitner, M ^a,b   Kubin, A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b LUDWIG BOLTZMANN INSTITUTE FOR LUNG VASCULAR RESEARCH   (Austria)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll; Photodynamic cancer therapy; Singlet oxygen

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN; ALKALOID; ANGELICIN; CHELIDONINE; CHLOROPHYLL; FAGOPYRIN; FUROCOUMARIN DERIVATIVE; HYPERICIN; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT; POLYACETYLENE; PSORALEN; QUINONE DERIVATIVE; SINGLET OXYGEN; THIOPHENE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; CANCER THERAPY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG STRUCTURE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIZATION; PHOTOTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TUMOR NECROSIS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CHLOROPHYLL; HUMANS; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 0030292908     PISSN: 10111344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1011-1344(96)07353-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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