Characterization of psoralen-oleic acid cycloadducts and their possible involvement in membrane photodamage

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 39-44

  Frank, Silvia ^a   Caffieri, Sergio ^a   Raffaelli, Andrea ^b   Vedaldi, Daniela ^a   Dall'Acqua, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Lecithins; Protein kinase C; Psoralen; Unsaturated fatty acids

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; OLEIC ACID; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; PROTEIN KINASE C; PSORALEN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYDROLYSIS; MEMBRANE DAMAGE; PHOTOREACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION INJURY; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION;

EID: 0032525677     PISSN: 10111344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1011-1344(98)00103-1     Document Type: Article

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