Porphyrins preferentially accumulate in a melanoma following intravenous injection of 5-aminolevulinic acid

Biological Chemistry

Volumn 378, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 51-57

  Fritsch, Clemens ^a,b   Abels, Christoph ^c   Goetz, Alwin E ^c,d   Stahl, Wilhelm ^a   Bolsen, Klaus ^b   Ruzicka, Thomas ^b   Goerz, Günter ^b   Sies, Helmut ^a  

^a Inst F Physiologische Chemie I   (Germany)

^b Inst F Dermatol Heinrich H   (Germany)

^c Inst F Chirurgische Forschung   (Germany)

^d Inst F Anasthesiologie Ludwigs M   (Germany)

Author keywords

5 Aminolevulinic acid; Coproporphyrin; Hamster; Melanoma; Photodynamic therapy; Porphyrin metabolism

Indexed keywords

AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; COPROPORPHYRIN; PORPHYRIN; PROTOPORPHYRIN;

AMELANOTIC MELANOMA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; KIDNEY; LIVER; NONHUMAN; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PORPHYRIN METABOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN;

ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE;

EID: 0031045356     PISSN: 14316730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/bchm.1997.378.1.51     Document Type: Article

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